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Building codes are a nightmare. Instead of building bridges you have to spent >50% of your time complying with these laws. Food safety laws are a nightmare. In
by ndnxhs 8y ago
Building codes are a nightmare. Instead of building bridges you have to spent >50% of your time complying with these laws.
Food safety laws are a nightmare. Instead of serving dishes you have to spend >50% of your time making sure the kitchen is clean and food is uncontaminated.
- goo 8y agoAlthough I think you're trying to use these examples to highlight that regulation can indeed be valuable (and to insinuate that such an idea should be obvious to anyone), I think that even these examples have subtlety. See the following article for an interesting exploration of how building regulations contribute substantially to urban blight in America: https://granolashotgun.com/2017/11/13/mind-the-gap-2/ https://granolashotgun.com/2017/11/13/mind-the-gap-2/
- ndnxhs 8y agoGood regulations are very useful and bad regulations are not. The GDPR seems to be good where as the cookie banners were not.