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krunckyesterday at 7:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

> This is why a competent and well staffed bureaucracy is so important.

Try: "This is why a competent and well staffed science institute is so important."

Bureaucracy not required.


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matthewdgreenyesterday at 7:47 PM

Who exactly do you think staffs this part of a science institute? Bureaucracy is just another word for the kind of well-staffed administrative system that can handle these tasks.

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dansoyesterday at 7:49 PM

How is a bureaucracy not required when the solution involves coordinated multinational logistics to produce and distribute hundreds of millions of flies?

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kergonathyesterday at 9:57 PM

The science is done. We know how to deal with this insect, the American government successfully eradicated it from North America ~25 years ago. Now it’s only logistics and diplomacy.