And it even bears excessive repetition:

"Been that way for over 200 years I think...

Sad thing is it need not be that way; politics, parochialism and egos are a big part of the problem but our national traits of impatience and unwillingness to think ahead contribute. Those things and our penchant for trying to substitute technology for good training.

The kids generally pull us out of it; bless 'em..."
(emphasis added / kw)

Noting that the politics, parochialism and egos are a constant of the human condition and all the superior design in the world will not forestall their impact; that 'technology' includes not only hardware but software and even an approach to 'problem solving;' and the the kids are able to take the flawed products of all the foregoing and make it work in spite of the impediments placed in their way by their nominal superiors (to include in presumed intellectual superiority).