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It leads to a conflict of interest: that’s why we have checks and balances in government, and draw a clear line between executive and legislative powers.

If we simply accepted the fact that the wizards of the arcane machines knew what they do and the rest of us is at their mercy, then we would also loose any organisational control. I’m sure that sounds tempting to some engineers, but business people actually do serve a purpose. Acting like the all-knowable developers will surely do right just isn’t a good business strategy.




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