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Maybe the biggest problem with regulations is that even if they're very positive when enacted, there is usually no mechanism to reevaluate them during the follo
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Maybe the biggest problem with regulations is that even if they're very positive when enacted, there is usually no mechanism to reevaluate them during the following decades.
And so the effects of a fire 164 years ago screws up housing across the US today.
- philsnow 3y ago> there is usually no mechanism to reevaluate them during the following decades One of my favorite parts about Texas, at least on paper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Advisory_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Advisory_Commission
- nine_k 3y agoRe-evaluation is hard, costly, and risky: what if you actually degrade the safety a tiny bit? Or maybe you don't, but an incident happens, and your changes are going to be blamed by media? Doing nothing and groaning is safer for career.