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Re:Why Is Peter Thiel Pessimistic About Technological Innova... by GuiA on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:51PM (#14457374)
"Data from the National Safety Council from 1933 through 1997 indicate that deaths from unintentional work-related injuries declined 90%, from 37 per 100,000 workers to 4 per 100,000. The corresponding annual number of deaths decreased from 14,500 to 5100; during this same period, the workforce more than tripled, from 39 million to approximately 130 million."

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4822a1.htm

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Re:Why Is Peter Thiel Pessimistic About Technological Innova... by remarkEon on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:56PM (#14457662)
I think you're trying to make the point that the reason for long construction timelines is directly linked to safety. In a way, that's indirectly supporting Thiel's point. Why can't we have both? I don't see a reason that we can't have a more responsive, swift building and infrastructure development and a safe construction environment.
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Re:Why Is Peter Thiel Pessimistic About Technological Innova... by foxyv on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:13PM (#14464088)
Safe, Cheap, Fast

Pick two.

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