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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 3 Jun 2020

      "The agency’s antiquated data systems ... rely on information assembled by or shared with local health officials through phone calls, faxes and thousands of spreadsheets attached to emails."https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/cdc-coronavirus.html …

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 3 Jun 2020

      Hypothesis: You can measure the quality of an organization by the quality of its software. An organization can make itself seem effective by good PR, but software is extremely sensitive to organizational brokenness. If you start to suck, it will be one of the first things to go.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 3 Jun 2020

      I am no fan of Trump, to put it mildly, but a further implication of this principle is that America's bungled coronavirus response was not simply Trump's fault. The CDC's software didn't get that bad just in the last 3 years.

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        2. Gabriel  🥑‏ @gabrielnocode 3 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          That's why we're building @naologicerp, low-code platform for ERP development with HIPAA compliance baked in.

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        3. Cruelty is no virtue, Luke 25-37. Act responsibly.‏ @luis_a_espinal 3 Jun 2020
          Replying to @gabrielnocode @paulg

          Dude, just no. There are times to plug some advertisements. This ain't it chief.

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        2. IndianaJonesCoffee‏ @coffee_indiana 3 Jun 2020
          Replying to @generalsceptic1 @paulg

          They're not embracing Sweden's response - most don't even know what Sweden does and doesn't allow. They're just rehashing talking points they saw on TV and the internet. For example, gatherings of over 50 people are banned in Sweden.

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        1. Rob Hunter‏ @robfoot 3 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          Slight suggestion for a change then: You can measure the quality of a *large* organization by the pace at which it starts implementing / upgrading to high-quality software

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        1. Suez Maritime Reinsurance & Powerball Sales‏ @Jadam2122 3 Jun 2020
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          Oh you silly silly man.

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        2. Sam 🚀‏ @OnlySams69 3 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          This is such an oversimplification of events. What about New Zealand? Leadership matters and software in the absence of direction means no effect. Thiel was right about tech culture and Indifferent Optimism. There's a lack of willingness to point towards someone as a cause

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        3. Sam 🚀‏ @OnlySams69 3 Jun 2020
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          Singapore had great contact tracing software, guess what happened... Their cases blew past normal when their poorest population got affected. The world isn't a closed system. Complex networked systems require directed energy to produce order.

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        2. Viperous Robespierre‏ @SasaSpasojevic 3 Jun 2020
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          Trump is a symptom, not cause.

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        3. TY‏ @truthy_ty 3 Jun 2020
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          That more people don’t think this is what worries me most about America’s prospects.

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