Unfortunately, governments are really bad at doing this.
Humans in general are very bad at this. The only reason capitalism works is that the losing experiments run out of money.
The only reason capitalism works is that the losing experiments run out of money.
That’s a very powerful reason.
True, but that doesn’t mean we’re laboring in the dark. It just means we’ve got our eyes closed.
Unfortunately, the people involved have an incentive to keep them closed.
I don’t think that’s really relevant to the original quote.
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Unfortunately, governments are really bad at doing this.
Humans in general are very bad at this. The only reason capitalism works is that the losing experiments run out of money.
That’s a very powerful reason.
True, but that doesn’t mean we’re laboring in the dark. It just means we’ve got our eyes closed.
Unfortunately, the people involved have an incentive to keep them closed.
I don’t think that’s really relevant to the original quote.