This is more a question than an opinion. I have been thinking about this a great deal over the last few months. As California slowly edges toward what commentators seem to believe is certain financial ruin, I am struck by the lack of conversation about alternative means of running the state. We have the capacity to run a great deal of the day to day in government virtually, cutting down on the infrastructure needed to do common tasks such as register vehicles, pay bills, fill out forms, etc.. At some level wouldn't it make sense to reduce the amount of time that face to face transactions were made in government and move more of it to a virtual setting? I have puzzled over why this is such a leap. I'm sure that familiarity is a portion of the problem. In times of crisis might it be that we pull back to the familiar and take less risks with technologies and paradigms that have not been proven?
Maybe it is time for some real risk taking.
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