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Yes, we should make sure everything is totally proof from any possible disaster, no matter how unlikely or how little economic sense it makes. For example, we
by justin_vanw 9y ago
Yes, we should make sure everything is totally proof from any possible disaster, no matter how unlikely or how little economic sense it makes. For example, we should make sure cities can survive not only 500 year floods, like in Houston, but 1 million year floods and direct asteroid strikes up to 1km in diameter. However, I think even when we do this, eventually a city will be hit by a 2km diameter asteroid, and qz.com will blame developers.
- mozumder 9y agoWhy are there adults that make slippery-slope arguments?
- justin_vanw 9y agoIt's not a slippery slope argument at all.. My point is that there is some optimal amount of investment in disaster preparedness, and if you make that optimal investment, and despite that a disaster overwhelms you, you still acted rationally and optimally. Investing more than is optimal is stupid.