{"id":19421,"date":"2025-07-11T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/doge-wants-to-replace-our-institutions-with-a-tech-utopia-it-wont-work-mike-pepi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:37:40","slug":"doge-wants-to-replace-our-institutions-with-a-tech-utopia-it-wont-work-mike-pepi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/doge-wants-to-replace-our-institutions-with-a-tech-utopia-it-wont-work-mike-pepi\/","title":{"rendered":"Doge wants to replace our institutions with a tech utopia. It won\u2019t work | Mike Pepi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silicon Valley\u2019s final dream is a world without institutions. But what works for a startup doesn\u2019t work for democracy<\/p>\n

Elon Musk<\/a> has stepped away from Doge with very little \u201cefficiency\u201d to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than real policy, this brutal and short experiment in Silicon Valley governance reveals a long-simmering battle between digital utopians and the institutional infrastructures critical to functioning democracies.<\/p>\n

Doge\u2019s website dubiously claims $190bn in savings<\/a>. The receipts show that they are less about efficiency than they are aimed at effective dissolution, a fate met by USAID, the federal agency responsible for distributing foreign assistance.<\/p>\n

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\nSilicon Valley\u2019s final dream is a world without institutions. But what works for a startup doesn\u2019t work for democracy
\nElon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little \u201cefficiency\u201d to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than real policy, this brutal and short experiment in Silicon Valley governance reveals a long-simmering battle between digital utopians and the institutional infrastructures critical to functioning democracies.
\nDoge\u2019s website dubiously claims $190bn in savings. The receipts show that they are less about efficiency than they are aimed at effective dissolution, a fate met by USAID, the federal agency responsible for distributing foreign assistance. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silicon Valley\u2019s final dream is a world without institutions. But what works for a startup doesn\u2019t work for democracy Elon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little \u201cefficiency\u201d to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than real policy, this brutal and short experiment in Silicon Valley governance …<\/p>\n

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