## Notes from 22 June 2025 [[2025-06-21|← Previous note]] ┃ [[2025-06-23|Next note →]] I found [Danny Buerkli](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-bureaucracy-we-know-danny-buerkli-vukgf/)’s piece compelling, especially in how it reframes the idea of “smaller government.” If automation allows governments to operate with a fraction of the workforce, but with exponentially greater reach - is that still small government? The comparison to AI-enabled regulators having the power of 10,000 staff is striking, and forces us to question whether headcount reduction actually signals a less intrusive state. Another point that stood out was the invitation to think about friction not just as inefficiency, but as part of the system’s architecture. If decision-making becomes instant and total, we may need to revisit not only how we structure bureaucracy, but what we expect it to do. Even in a techno-future with guaranteed income, many forms of vulnerability (social isolation, lack of purpose, loss of community) won’t be solved by automation. That opens space to imagine new roles for government beyond distribution and enforcement.