Succinctly, locals go for local optima, not statewide, countrywide or societal optima. If left to locals, no one will do it. It like a person always going for

Succinctly, locals go for local optima, not statewide, countrywide or societal optima. If left to locals, no one will do it. It like a person always going for immediate gratification and wondering why they are unhealthy. Decisions need made on broader timelines and scales than local control allows for.