> Where are the supersonic aircraft? They are out of business as they are not economically optimal for the market. I see where you're going though. > The prob

> Where are the supersonic aircraft? They are out of business as they are not economically optimal for the market. I see where you're going though. > The problem is desire. We need to want these things. The problem is inertia. We need to want these things more than we want to prevent these things. > And the problem is will. We need to build these things. This is an accusation for lack of motivation. An accusation without any specific substantiation. Hindsight is not a fair substantiation for such accusation. Motivation is the preference for getting into the most favourable thinkable outcome from the available starting conditions. The current situation was beyond most people's thinkable outcomes, so most of us were caught off guard. > Part of the problem is clearly foresight, a failure of imagination. Agree on this. Perhaps I'd say it's a failure of being informed on this possibility. But that's it. > Why shouldn’t regulators and taxpayers demand that Harvard build? Welcome to the USSR. If Harvard isn't incentivised, demanding that they build will not make anybody better off. > Instead of attacking my ideas of what to build, conceive your own! What do you think we should build? I think Marc Andreessen should manually manufacture surgical masks in his bedroom 8 hours a day 7 days a week and supply Department of Health & Human Services free of charge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_furnace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_furnace