Pete

And part of that does mean taking a hard look at everything we do. I remember, again, most of my examples will come from transportation, right? But I remember something that went on with the FAA where They had to get some special waiver in order to allow a certain class of airplane to fly because there was a regulation that said there had to be a switch to turn off the no-smoking light.

And part of that does mean taking a hard look at everything we do. I remember, again, most of my examples will come from transportation, right? But I remember something that went on with the FAA where They had to get some special waiver in order to allow a certain class of airplane to fly because there was a regulation that said there had to be a switch to turn off the no-smoking light.

And part of that does mean taking a hard look at everything we do. I remember, again, most of my examples will come from transportation, right? But I remember something that went on with the FAA where They had to get some special waiver in order to allow a certain class of airplane to fly because there was a regulation that said there had to be a switch to turn off the no-smoking light.

And this was written back when sometimes you turned off the no-smoking light. Now, obviously, there's just always a no-smoking light because you can't smoke on airplanes. And there's this scramble. That's the kind of stuff that we should absolutely be getting rid of. And there are things that we do in government sometimes or in the military, we call it a self-licking ice cream cone.

And this was written back when sometimes you turned off the no-smoking light. Now, obviously, there's just always a no-smoking light because you can't smoke on airplanes. And there's this scramble. That's the kind of stuff that we should absolutely be getting rid of. And there are things that we do in government sometimes or in the military, we call it a self-licking ice cream cone.

And this was written back when sometimes you turned off the no-smoking light. Now, obviously, there's just always a no-smoking light because you can't smoke on airplanes. And there's this scramble. That's the kind of stuff that we should absolutely be getting rid of. And there are things that we do in government sometimes or in the military, we call it a self-licking ice cream cone.

There's definitely things that are there, these just self-perpetuating processes that nobody would have come up with on their own, but they're still there. I think we should absolutely own that space because we have a good faith belief that government should serve people better and should work better. And we should be the ones who are making that happen.

There's definitely things that are there, these just self-perpetuating processes that nobody would have come up with on their own, but they're still there. I think we should absolutely own that space because we have a good faith belief that government should serve people better and should work better. And we should be the ones who are making that happen.

There's definitely things that are there, these just self-perpetuating processes that nobody would have come up with on their own, but they're still there. I think we should absolutely own that space because we have a good faith belief that government should serve people better and should work better. And we should be the ones who are making that happen.

Yes. But it's surgery because you don't want to get rid of the part of the bureaucracy that makes sure the planes don't crash.

Yes. But it's surgery because you don't want to get rid of the part of the bureaucracy that makes sure the planes don't crash.

Yes. But it's surgery because you don't want to get rid of the part of the bureaucracy that makes sure the planes don't crash.

Well, so there's an entire process where to permit a federal project, you have to listen to every—you have to take in every comment from anybody who wants to weigh in, and then you have to respond to every comment, or a human has to kind of review all of that.

Well, so there's an entire process where to permit a federal project, you have to listen to every—you have to take in every comment from anybody who wants to weigh in, and then you have to respond to every comment, or a human has to kind of review all of that.

Well, so there's an entire process where to permit a federal project, you have to listen to every—you have to take in every comment from anybody who wants to weigh in, and then you have to respond to every comment, or a human has to kind of review all of that.

Which, by the way, one thing I'm really worried about is if you have—let's say there's some regulation coming and an industry wants to stop it, can they use AI? They can just keep commenting. Yeah. Or can you use AI? Because it used to be like, well, you'd have to take the trouble to write a letter or at least go to the trouble of like getting people to write form letters. Right.

Which, by the way, one thing I'm really worried about is if you have—let's say there's some regulation coming and an industry wants to stop it, can they use AI? They can just keep commenting. Yeah. Or can you use AI? Because it used to be like, well, you'd have to take the trouble to write a letter or at least go to the trouble of like getting people to write form letters. Right.

Which, by the way, one thing I'm really worried about is if you have—let's say there's some regulation coming and an industry wants to stop it, can they use AI? They can just keep commenting. Yeah. Or can you use AI? Because it used to be like, well, you'd have to take the trouble to write a letter or at least go to the trouble of like getting people to write form letters. Right.

Now you could write customized letters. So you use bureaucracy to fight bureaucracy. Well, use bureaucracy to stop something from happening. Yeah. Yeah. Which is a real problem if that's a thing that needed to happen, especially because you also need to go through that process to remove a regulation or to replace or to modernize it.

Now you could write customized letters. So you use bureaucracy to fight bureaucracy. Well, use bureaucracy to stop something from happening. Yeah. Yeah. Which is a real problem if that's a thing that needed to happen, especially because you also need to go through that process to remove a regulation or to replace or to modernize it.