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It has been basic United States policy that Government should foster the opening of new frontiers. It opened the seas to clipper ships and furnished land for pioneers. Although these frontiers have more or less disappeared, the frontier of science remains. - Vanevar Bush
A decade ago, I wrote a long piece looking at the history of information technology innovation and related shifts in government operations. IBM's origins date back to the challenges with a late 19th century census and need for more efficient means of tabulations. Today our basic public institutions - those that educate our kids, fix our roads, and manage our cities - were largely designed a century ago in the first major progressive movement.
Today there is a very clear and apparent state capacity shortfall. Since public institutions change and adapt so slowly, many of its claims still hold if anything in more of an acute form. Our country struggles to build basic infrastructure and also vast whitespace exists for new protocols to plan, design, permit and engage the public on new projects. We still stand on the cusp of a great frontier. Today there is increased urgency to realize that potential, and also increased consensus.
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