Do you ever read something that is supposed to scare you that instead gets you excited for the future and all that it will bring? That’s where I am today. All because the Left wanted to scare me about a history loving, computer science major whiz kid who interned for Elon Musk and now works on DOGE. God Bless America and to the crying Democrats: Neener, neener.

Apparently, there is more than one whiz kid sleeping on the floor and working more than 80 hours a week for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Today, we are going to focus on Luke Farritor:

Luke being in charge of our money is an incredible shift. I didn’t know this was an option, amazing development pic.twitter.com/V2KbnHcFce

— Daniel (@growing_daniel) February 3, 2025

The Left may not be happy-dappy-do about these kids investigating how our money is spent, but I am squeeing. Point in fact, Alexander Hamilton was about 32 when he developed the structure that became the U.S. Treasury, AFTER having been George Washington Aide de Camp during the Revolutionary War. Age does not necessarily bring wisdom. Who is Luke Farritor? A kid not even in his mid-twenties. From The Times of India:

The computer whiz already had an internship with Elon’s SpaceX when he heard about a contest about deciphering scrolls possibly belonging to Julius Caesar’s father in law that were buried under ash from Mount Vesuvius. Is your head spinning yet? From Wired:

Farritor, who per sources has a working GSA email address, is a former intern at SpaceX, Musk’s space company, and currently a Thiel Fellow after, according to his LinkedIn, dropping out of the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. While in school, he was part of an award-winning team that deciphered portions of an ancient Greek scroll.

He and two associates deciphered the word “purple” which was such a rare dye that he meant “power” in the Herculaneum Scrolls. Here is Luke giving a talk on how he used his knowledge of history and A.I. to puzzle this out:

Yes. There are lots of comments that Luke is not that smart and that he is inexperienced. Pffft. I found the perfect response on X.

“NOOOO YOU CAN’T USE YOUR UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS, YOU HAVE TO USE OUR UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS!” pic.twitter.com/Oh2w0DaTol

— Taylor Day (@TABYTCHI) February 3, 2025

That’s what really upsets people like Chuck U. Schumer, Brian Schatz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They will lose their grift. And, so will their friends. On the other hand, Cynical Publius has it precisely right.

This kid is obviously incredibly smart and talented.

And he would not last ten minutes in most government jobs because he would rapidly become bored and walk away.

Somehow we need to infuse government with the start-up ethic.

DOGE is a great start, but how do we build a… https://t.co/AtAq98PlDO

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) February 4, 2025

Mega-talented people don’t enjoy being bureaucratic human drones. They do enjoy short term (130 days), intense (80 hours a week) projects. Although Farritor is listed as an Executive Engineer in H&HS, he won’t stay.

Farritor is among the young engineers hired to work at DOGE, according to reports from The New York Times and Wired magazine. The Times said Farritor is a former intern at Musk’s SpaceX who is now listed as an “executive engineer” in the office of the secretary of health and human services.

He was given access to U.S. Agency for International Development systems and requested access to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services systems responsible for contracts, the Times reported.

I couldn’t be more excited for this kid or any of the others that Trump and Musk have brought in to straighten us out. Alexander Hamilton is proud.

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