It is a very interesting set of case studies and thank you for digging in the historical documents!
Several thoughts:
tradeoffs—speed vs safety (but just 5 deaths during Empire State Building construction, zero in Chrysler building; 60 people died in WTC construction, while Brooklyn Bridge construction cost the lives of 5% of workforce)
robustness—peer review in science takes a lot of time, but ensures that things actually work; it is also correlated with the difference between public and private control; nicely portrayed in “Don’t look up”
It is a very interesting set of case studies and thank you for digging in the historical documents!
Several thoughts:
tradeoffs—speed vs safety (but just 5 deaths during Empire State Building construction, zero in Chrysler building; 60 people died in WTC construction, while Brooklyn Bridge construction cost the lives of 5% of workforce)
robustness—peer review in science takes a lot of time, but ensures that things actually work; it is also correlated with the difference between public and private control; nicely portrayed in “Don’t look up”