Andrei Cherny Quotes
We have a top-down government that is basically a black hole for energy and a quicksand for idealism. A generation that gets impatient when a Web page takes more than a few seconds to appear is not going to waste its time on a government that’s not able to produce real solutions.
Context
President Clinton appointed him at age 21, the youngest person to have ever held such a job.
Topics
Youth
Bureaucrats & Bureaucracies
Frustration
Government Accountability
Idealism
Impatience
Inefficiency
Voter Turnout
Black Hole
Digital Age
Miscellaneous
Bureaucratic Red Tape
Energy Drain
Government Inefficiency
Ineffective Solutions
Political Apathy
Political Disconnect
Political Disillusionment
Political Engagement
Political Inefficiency
Political Transparency
Citations
Andrei Cherny, Presidential Speech Writer (Democrat), Interview, Wired, May 2001
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Andrei Hugo Cherny is an American lawyer, author, former government official, and the founder and President of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Cherny serves as the CEO of Aspiration, Inc., a financial firm based in Marina del Rey, California.