> Sure, but when safety is the primary concern then nothing gets done. Incidentally, this is part of the reason why it is cheaper, faster, and easier to build

> Sure, but when safety is the primary concern then nothing gets done. Incidentally, this is part of the reason why it is cheaper, faster, and easier to build large infrastructure projects outside the West, and why the rate of innovation slows as societies go from developing to developed. Basically, there's some (possibly defined?) sociological cut-off point where societies become more concerned for safety vs possible benefits of the risks they take and eliminate the risk-taking possibility altogether. Before that cut-off point, "life is cheap", and that has all sorts of benefits and detriments for society, after that cut-off point "life is priceless", and that has all sorts of benefits and detriments to society. Like anything, it seems it's a trade-off without a clear "best" way to do things.