> Sure, but it also requires the decision makers to be rational. This is true, and I wasn't taking into account that short term misaligned incentives are super

> Sure, but it also requires the decision makers to be rational. This is true, and I wasn't taking into account that short term misaligned incentives are super easy to create even in companies that are trying to be rational. Something as simple as quarterly sales bonuses are a common enough cause of this. (Sell sell sell, fail to meet delivery times, lose all customer trust)