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Yep. In many ways we are simply stuck with whatever we built before we lost the ability to build things. Not because it’s the best, but because it’s no longer c
by closeparen 8y ago
Yep. In many ways we are simply stuck with whatever we built before we lost the ability to build things. Not because it’s the best, but because it’s no longer cost effective to improve at current efficiency levels.
- selestify 8y agoHow did we become so inefficient?
- scruple 8y agoI don't really think that it's about inefficiency or incompetence. Rather, it's about where our priorities, as a society, are today when it comes to infrastructure projects vs. what it was in the post Great Depression era. Here [0] is an article to covers parts of this exact subject. [0]: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/08/09/building-the-bay-bridge-1930s-vs-today/ https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/08/09/building-the-bay-bri...