I wanted to follow up on something I think I glossed over too quickly yesterday.  But in order to get us there I want to talk a little about Corporations in general.

I like corporations.  I think they, by and large, work better than any other social unit at getting things done.  But that comes at a price.

The thing about a corporation is that it's a monarchy.  The buck has to stop at the CEO which means everyone has to follow his/her lead.  In turn that philosophy has to trickle down through the chain of command.  A corporation only works if everyone down the line follows the orders of the person above them.

It is the very antithesis of Freedom.  It's servitude for compensation. 

But that's ok because each employee has the freedom to leave the company they work for at any time if they don't agree with the judgement of the people above them.  A person's entire life isn't tied to a particular job which gives them that freedom. 

The polar opposite of that is one's country. 

Having to abandon one's citizenship and leave the country is a really big deal.  That's why Governments are based around the concept of freedom.  That's why Government shouldn't be like corporations and that is why you can't move corporate positions into the Government.  Because they are designed...DESIGNED to work in a monarchy.  They are totalitarian by their very nature. 

Which is exactly why the idea of a Chief Technology Officer of a nation is foolish.  It is a simplistic answer to an astoundingly complicated problem.