> At the end of the day, the US is a litigious society covered in Byzantine regulation that most people aren’t even aware of. I dunno, maybe? In some ways yes,

> At the end of the day, the US is a litigious society covered in Byzantine regulation that most people aren’t even aware of. I dunno, maybe? In some ways yes, in many ways no. > this covers the most basic things: would you like to build a townhouse...apartment building in San Francisco... That seems awfully specific. I think it's clear to any outside observer that Bay Area residential real estate policy is literally insane. That doesn't really have all that much to do with this essay or the Andreesen one that precedes it though.