Politico has a pretty thorough article on D.C.‘s thorough ignorance of things tech.

Take a 2008 hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee about privacy and online behavior-based advertising. The discussion seemed to fall apart when Sens. Tom Carper (D‑Del.), Bill Nelson (D‑Fla.) and others seemed not to understand the term “cookies.”

Cookies. That’s the (utterly rudimentary) technology that was an issue a decade ago. Washington, D.C. naturally overreacted, but luckily only harmed itself. The White House recently revamped the cookie policy for federal government web sites.

It’s worth noting Tech’s thorough misapprehension of Washington, D.C. as well. Judging by how they act, most tech executives have all the insight they could pick up from Schoolhouse Rock. It seems cool and helpful to come to Washington and give money, so they do, encouraging the bears to rip open their cars looking for peanut butter.