You can write programs that are linear, and always do the same thing with inputs. Or, you can write programs that run in infinite loops, and spend hours of your life debugging them. Hey, back in the 1980s when faced with what kind of computer science I should study, I stayed away from those hot new topics like Artificial Intelligence. Where you could write adaptive programs, like "Eliza", that you could talk to, and they could understand you, and adapt to you.
So how do you debug a President? This one produces the same policy output no matter the circumstances. Spent this morning reading President Obama's FY 2013 budget. Sort of an addictive habit (plus people just want to know what is buried in there)..
More stimulus - same old recycled policies from last year, the $$ to teachers and first responders. $$ for infrastructure like high speed rail, and affordable health care. $$ to Democratic voters (oops, being redundant).
So where is the President who is adaptive, like a computer program that reacts to new situations in new ways? The one, you know, who represents all Americans? Is there any hope for this?
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