A (shorter) Three Horizons Framework for Government Reform

Jennifer Pahlka · 27 Apr 2026 · eatingpolicy.com ↗

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AI is raising the baseline of what counts as acceptable public service, not just disrupting government from outside.

Their wordsAI is not only an exogenous shock that government will have to absorb. It is also moving the bar on what counts as acceptable service in the first place.
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As AI reshapes expectations, today's well-designed digital forms will soon feel as inadequate as paper forms once did.

Their wordsThe forty-page PDF used to feel intolerable. The well-designed web form will start to feel that way too, and faster than the last transition did.
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Prolonging a failing system's lifespan only makes its eventual collapse worse.

Their wordsExtending the lifespan of a brittle system just means the system eventually fails more spectacularly.