> advancement in construction productivity ... will take an entirely new generation of bright, ambitious, and innovative individuals Lack of those is not the c

> advancement in construction productivity ... will take an entirely new generation of bright, ambitious, and innovative individuals Lack of those is not the cause of construction cost overruns, so increasing their supply would not help. Cost overruns are a deliberate consequence of wholly-legal institutional corruption, which no one shows any appetite for rooting out. Ingesting exemplary individuals just generates disillusioned individuals out the other end.