Temporary solutions have higher evolutionary fitness in a capitalist environment. They provide consistent cash flow that can be used for employing people, expanding, marketing, lobbying, etc.
Examples are everywhere:
- Pharma's lack of interest in reversible male birth control [1]
- The USDA's MyPlate reflecting industry interests rather than science [2], which is particularly damaging when you consider the impact of healthy eating on obesity, health care
As luminary Chris Rock mentioned, "Ain't no money in the cure, the money's in the medicine" [3]
Examples are everywhere: - Pharma's lack of interest in reversible male birth control [1] - The USDA's MyPlate reflecting industry interests rather than science [2], which is particularly damaging when you consider the impact of healthy eating on obesity, health care
As luminary Chris Rock mentioned, "Ain't no money in the cure, the money's in the medicine" [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_inhibition_of_sperm... [2] http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-p... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7P4iFg048k