Because they&#x27;re clueless and they&#x27;re living in the past. There are notable exceptions but for the most part this applies to public administration in general.<p>From their point of view, why should they try to find novel solutions to evident problems while they can much more easily just &quot;regulate away&quot; the potential for such solutions (for now, that is) and claim the problem doesn&#x27;t exist in the first place? Public administration is notoriously bad at both embracing change and long-term planning because its stakeholders&#x27; outlook is measured in legislative periods.