Because they're embedded in politics, not tech. Policymakers as well as their pals follow the crowd, instead of doing their own research. It's the equivalent of an emotionally distraught lemming (albeit, lemmings aren't suicidal as myth dictates) - taken by connotative sentences better fit for advertisements (after all, the government IS selling something) than really founded logic.
Because they're embedded in politics, not tech. Policymakers as well as their pals follow the crowd, instead of doing their own research. It's the equivalent of an emotionally distraught lemming (albeit, lemmings aren't suicidal as myth dictates) - taken by connotative sentences better fit for advertisements (after all, the government IS selling something) than really founded logic.