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Hey, path dependence in another market! "The market tends to choose a dominant design before it’s optimal, and it tends to under-explore." At least this arti
by bediger 16y ago
Hey, path dependence in another market! "The market tends to choose a dominant design before it’s optimal, and it tends to under-explore."
At least this article didn't cite the QWERTY keyboard, or "Windows" as an example. That would really have brought out the trolls.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoIt would seem the nuclear industry should be Least prone to this. Every power plant is a unique, huge invenstment leaving plenty of room in the budget to plan and test.
- bediger 16y agoThe article describes the path in detail. It gives US government regulation as one of the reasons for "underexploring" the design space.
- teyc 16y agoThis reminds me of another article posted on HN about how design of satellites revolved around these having to fit on ICBMs.