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minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoWe need more people writing laws who possess real domain knowledge. My students these days die whenever I play them “series of tubes.”
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThat or for them to value and seek out subject matter experts. Unfortunately the system has largely rigged itself to make it hard or impossible for those knowledgeable to hold office even if they wanted to. That last part being huge.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoThat’s supposed to be the point of lobbying: to inform politicians.
We need more people writing laws who possess real domain knowledge. My students these days die whenever I play them “series of tubes.”
That or for them to value and seek out subject matter experts. Unfortunately the system has largely rigged itself to make it hard or impossible for those knowledgeable to hold office even if they wanted to. That last part being huge.
That’s supposed to be the point of lobbying: to inform politicians.