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Lee R. Nackman's avatar

USAID as a part of the country’s intelligence apparatus is something that few people seem to appreciate. Break things and move fast is a great slogan for a business, where the scope of harm is limited to a few businesses and their employees and stockholders. But it is a terrible approach to government, where the scope of harm for decisions taken without significant knowledge can be huge.

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Publis's avatar

Well the harm is always limited to *other people*. That is why the slogan works so well in Silicon Valley. They never pay the price.

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