“Liberals simply cannot grasp the truth that all bureaucracies are inherently inefficient, . . .”
Exactly. In their hubris they do not even comprehend the practical limitations of translating concepts to implementation. Some concepts are not implementable in any reasonable fashion. They refuse to accept that reality. They write thousands of pages of law and regulations (which HAVE to have internal inconsistencies within them!) and force it down our throats. Their good intentions and brute force in getting it “done” — i.e. enacted — are what matter. The thought that it might never be made to work does not cross their befuddled minds.
I hope to see a post by someone current in information theory address the inherent limits to managing complexity.
I was a software engineer and project manager. The adage, “the way to make a late software project later is to add more people.” is TRUE. The added complexity of communication increases not linearly but exponentially.
The requirements can not be made firm in this case because the text of the law and regulations probably cannot be explained by any functional expert, to be implemented in logical software. Plus there are changes to the law and concept being made. No software team can implement something that is NOT INHERENTLY LOGICAL, that NO ONE FULLY UNDERSTANDS, and that is changing as you try to get a hold on it.
I doubt that the software can ever be fully fixed, because of the inherent complexity and lack of clarity in the Act and its regulations. You cannot program something that does not follow the laws of logic.
AMDG&BVMH: “No software team can implement something that is NOT INHERENTLY LOGICAL, that NO ONE FULLY UNDERSTANDS, and that is changing as you try to get a hold on it.”
Well written. I’d say that applies to virtually any engineering project. You have to be able to clearly define what you want to do in order to do it, and you can’t keep changing requirements in the middle of the project.
I cannot fathom the complexity of rules that they are trying to implement on these exchanges. We are talking about a massively complex law. That’s why I always laugh (seriously) when people talk of the country’s health care “system.” Health care is not a system. It’s millions of unique individuals interacting with each other. Calling it a “system” implies it is something that government can fully comprehend and adequately manage. It can’t.