Comment by skybrian

From a practical point of view, it's hard to say whether Congress would make better or worse decisions, and it's probably good that the government can make decisions about new technologies while Congress is mostly dysfunctional.

Maybe the thing that guards against tyranny is that Congress can override them (by passing a law) if regulators screw up badly enough?

At least, in theory.

Just like, in theory, the people could elect a better Congress.