In April, Swisher went on NBC’s Meet the Press to talk about ObamaCare, and was struck by the difference in mentality between the government and the tech industry. For example, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was quoted as saying, “The launch of the website was terribly flawed and terribly difficult. The good news was that we said it would be fixed in eight weeks. It was fixed in eight weeks.” She contrasted it to a technology like Tinder, the dating app. “Even Tinder does 12 million matches a day and it’s quantumly more difficult what they’re doing – people moving, dating, 12 million matches, geographic,” says Swisher. “Tinder is harder.” The whole episode reminded her of the disconnect between how government sees technology and how techies see technology. “It was interesting to watch the mentality of Washington,” she says. “It reminds me (having lived there for so long) how backwards they are in terms of what’s about to happen.”
