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Here is what is left out. > Building the Golden Gate Bridge just took a few years and was very affordable when adjusting for inflation. 11 workers were killed
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Here is what is left out.
> Building the Golden Gate Bridge just took a few years and was very affordable when adjusting for inflation.
11 workers were killed building it. They estimated 35. [0] Can you imagine putting into a project proposal knowingly estimating X number of dead construction workers?
[0] https://www.ciconstructors.com/the-evolution-of-construction-safety-from-the-golden-gate-bridge-to-today/ https://www.ciconstructors.com/the-evolution-of-construction...
I don't know enough about the rest, but a cheap bridge isn't necessarily a great thing.
And I don't know that progress has necessarily slowed. A computer in your pocket happened in my lifetime, and indeed, within my memory.
- nostromo 5y agoSure, but protecting workers doesn’t make a project cost 10x as much though, or take decades longer.
- MattGaiser 5y agoProtecting workers, considering the environmental impact, overall impact assessments (such as suicide prevention), public consultation, earthquake standards, wind retrofits, etc. There are a lot more things considered now.
- WalterBright 5y agoDon't forget all the endless nuisance lawsuits that try to stop every single project.
- N1H1L 5y agoHonestly NIMBYism and lawsuits slow down things more than any government agency. And also in all these we may be forgetting one thing. Maybe handcuffing the government is not a good thing? Grover Norquist style drown the government in a bathtub honestly has been a disaster for us, and it's time we wake up to that.