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> it is impossible to convince anyone to spend money. They don't need to be convinced to spend money. They are spending more than ever. But you're dead on abou
by throwawayboise 5y ago
> it is impossible to convince anyone to spend money.
They don't need to be convinced to spend money. They are spending more than ever. But you're dead on about it all being crisis-driven now. Or maybe it always was? WWII was clearly that, then the cold war/space race, then Star Wars, then GWAT (or GWOT?) -- Global War Against/On Terrorism, and now Covid - Build Back Better. Crisis spending is perfect cover for pork and grift, because anyone who questions it can be painted as unpatriotic.
- ethbr0 5y agoThe fact that crisis-driven projects are successful points to the problem: delays. In any sufficiently big project, I'm coming around to the opinion that there's some amount of timeline that results in an effective "never". I think it's just that at some point, people stop caring? Or at least feeling like they have any motivation to hustle? And once that happens, the end result in lethargy and a grinding halt to actual progress. Even if checklist items seem to be getting ticked off.