Daniel Driscoll: “Special interests and lobbyists have taken advantage of our…”

“Taking the safe option, suppressing innovators. Giving into bureaucracy accomplishes Nothing. But for 30 years we maintained the status quo. No existential threat forced us to change and our incentive structure has warped. Special interests and lobbyists have taken advantage of our system since the end of the Cold War. Our system's priorities shifted from combat effectiveness to jobs and profits. And I'll just be blunt here, the definition of success became taking no risks, doing absolutely nothing, and just not getting fired.” (05:00–05:08)

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