The problem seems to be regulations. Wow I'm shocked that that is Peter Thiel's solution. Another example is the Golden Gate Bridge. It took 3.5 years to buil

The problem seems to be regulations. Wow I'm shocked that that is Peter Thiel's solution. Another example is the Golden Gate Bridge. It took 3.5 years to build the bridge in the 1930s. They are currently building an access highway on one of the tunnels that feeds into the bridge, and it will take at least 6 years to complete. We also had a much murkier concept of human rights and workplace safety back then. You can't have it both ways. I would like to see someone push Peter Thiel to admit that building at that speed again would require rolling back many of the work rules we've put in place over the last century. Debate about the merits of things like workplace safety, don't just throw your hands up and say "we don't build things as fast any more!" because that's somewhat of a disingenuous argument.