It's not wild. It works. And it is the opposite of what happened with DOGE give what I read from @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/elon-m... 3/

You need a cross-functional team with experience that spans both (non)technical facets. You need to show up with empathy + a collaborative spirit to envision, articulate, design and build a solution that drives value. You need to work well with the individuals that best understand the data. 2/

Know anyone working in an open-weights strategy for the UK?

The savings referenced in the notes would suggest a ~24% savings (I think). Adding to your point, that target sounds ambitious for an 'insert AI here' strategy. In contrast, one that leverages a mix of tech and non-tech tools/techniques could conceivable reach that target without sacrificing quality

If you're in MAGA or that one-third of America that chose not to show up and vote - you're probably not reading this post - but you should also really read this book to better understand what you voted for. You don't just vote for a candidate - you also vote for all the favours they owe.

So, go read this book. Perhaps especially if you are in tech - whether you cut code or call yourself a product manager.

Regarding our current political env, that's just the problem (or opportunity from their perspective?) there is no next thing to move on to if they destroy the US government. They get to make it up. And fail at that. Rinse and repeat, theoretically converging on an undefined goal... if allowed to.

It feels like individuals (the most successful ones) in Silicon Valley don't need to build that same kind of trust - at least not with their client/customer. They fail and move on with regularity... There is always the next thing to move onto after failure thanks to an investor safety net.

Strategically, it's a bad play. I don't have the luxury of an endless cushion to fail into. I'm in professional services where if one requires a cushion to survive their own career they already lost too much trust.

I've channelled aspects of 'failing better' to have more honest and thoughtful conversations about failure. It's a useful tactical lesson - not a strategic one though.

The point made in this book around 'failing better' struck a cord with me as it's something you've heard all the time in tech for 10+ years.

I'm in tech but only have one foot in Silicon Valley, which is a bad way of saying I use tools (e.g. cloud providers and open source) and techniques (e.g. design thinking) that come out of that ecosystem.

If you have questions like what are Musk and Thiel trying to do to the US government, this book would help give you some background context that might help.