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Re:The Struggle with Where the Sidewalks Won't Go by jbob2000 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:28AM (#15294823)
> You just need to make them properly the first time and keep people from...

Surely you see the comedy in that statement? I don't think anything happens right the first time. And preventing people from doing anything is pretty tough as well!

Re:The Struggle with Where the Sidewalks Won't Go by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:57AM (#15295204)
More defeatism.

How is equipping everyone with expensive wheelchairs a better solution than enforcing a standardized construction code?

And how do wheels help someone when they're trying to jog on a sidewalk?

Re:The Struggle with Where the Sidewalks Won't Go by dwaltrip on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:29PM (#15296819)
> I don't think anything happens right the first time.

This is irrationally pessimistic.

Nothing is perfect, but there is a huge, meaningful difference between slightly flawed and completely flawed. It doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to be good enough.

Many things _can_ be done decently well the first time. Often times it just takes a small cultural mindset shift, and some minor improvements to the approach.