Theodore Schleifer
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of the bureaucracy by sort of taking a similar-ish institution that already existed and repurposing it for Musk's purposes.
of the bureaucracy by sort of taking a similar-ish institution that already existed and repurposing it for Musk's purposes.
of the bureaucracy by sort of taking a similar-ish institution that already existed and repurposing it for Musk's purposes.
There is about 40 of these people, we think, who are working for Doge. That's funny.
There is about 40 of these people, we think, who are working for Doge. That's funny.
There is about 40 of these people, we think, who are working for Doge. That's funny.
Yeah, but you can be working at 26 different agencies before breakfast. You know, a lot of these folks have multiple jobs simultaneously, multiple detail assignments simultaneously, and they sort of jump from, you know, DHS to, you know, the education department, depending on how the mood strikes them.
Yeah, but you can be working at 26 different agencies before breakfast. You know, a lot of these folks have multiple jobs simultaneously, multiple detail assignments simultaneously, and they sort of jump from, you know, DHS to, you know, the education department, depending on how the mood strikes them.
Yeah, but you can be working at 26 different agencies before breakfast. You know, a lot of these folks have multiple jobs simultaneously, multiple detail assignments simultaneously, and they sort of jump from, you know, DHS to, you know, the education department, depending on how the mood strikes them.
You know, I think we're focusing a lot on the kind of the kids, as we call them, even though there are like official normal Washington types who are involved in this. I don't want to overstate it. There are also a good amount of people who are involved who are sort of just Elon friends who are maybe in unofficial capacities. Various people from Musk's social network are sort of involved.
You know, I think we're focusing a lot on the kind of the kids, as we call them, even though there are like official normal Washington types who are involved in this. I don't want to overstate it. There are also a good amount of people who are involved who are sort of just Elon friends who are maybe in unofficial capacities. Various people from Musk's social network are sort of involved.
You know, I think we're focusing a lot on the kind of the kids, as we call them, even though there are like official normal Washington types who are involved in this. I don't want to overstate it. There are also a good amount of people who are involved who are sort of just Elon friends who are maybe in unofficial capacities. Various people from Musk's social network are sort of involved.
You know, Mark Andreessen has called himself an unpaid intern to Doge, the billionaire venture capitalist. You know, I think what their work is, what they're doing is pretty novel, obviously. And they're getting into lots of fights with the bureaucracy in a way that befits sort of the Silicon Valley mindset of disruption, right? That's the nice way to put it.
You know, Mark Andreessen has called himself an unpaid intern to Doge, the billionaire venture capitalist. You know, I think what their work is, what they're doing is pretty novel, obviously. And they're getting into lots of fights with the bureaucracy in a way that befits sort of the Silicon Valley mindset of disruption, right? That's the nice way to put it.
You know, Mark Andreessen has called himself an unpaid intern to Doge, the billionaire venture capitalist. You know, I think what their work is, what they're doing is pretty novel, obviously. And they're getting into lots of fights with the bureaucracy in a way that befits sort of the Silicon Valley mindset of disruption, right? That's the nice way to put it.
They are not believing that they need to go through the standard bureaucratic process of establishing a commission to investigate a task force to blah, blah, blah. They just want to go in and do it. A lot of the people involved share Musk's distaste and disdain for the status quo. I think we're seeing a lot of these people who have come in who have worked for Elon Musk in some capacity.
They are not believing that they need to go through the standard bureaucratic process of establishing a commission to investigate a task force to blah, blah, blah. They just want to go in and do it. A lot of the people involved share Musk's distaste and disdain for the status quo. I think we're seeing a lot of these people who have come in who have worked for Elon Musk in some capacity.
They are not believing that they need to go through the standard bureaucratic process of establishing a commission to investigate a task force to blah, blah, blah. They just want to go in and do it. A lot of the people involved share Musk's distaste and disdain for the status quo. I think we're seeing a lot of these people who have come in who have worked for Elon Musk in some capacity.
They're all kind of in Musk's image. And he's a, you know, he's a very, very divisive, polarizing leader. But there are people that surround Elon Musk have kind of a cultish devotion to him. And I think that we're seeing the reason these people are getting involved in Doge is because they love Elon Musk and they will do what Elon Musk tells them to do.
They're all kind of in Musk's image. And he's a, you know, he's a very, very divisive, polarizing leader. But there are people that surround Elon Musk have kind of a cultish devotion to him. And I think that we're seeing the reason these people are getting involved in Doge is because they love Elon Musk and they will do what Elon Musk tells them to do.