Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps
by nostromo on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:46AM
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Sure, but protecting workers doesn’t make a project cost 10x as much though, or take decades longer.
Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps
by MattGaiser on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:52AM
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Protecting workers, considering the environmental impact, overall impact assessments (such as suicide prevention), public consultation, earthquake standards, wind retrofits, etc.
There are a lot more things considered now.
Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps
by WalterBright on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:50AM
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Don't forget all the endless nuisance lawsuits that try to stop every single project.
Honestly NIMBYism and lawsuits slow down things more than any government agency.
And also in all these we may be forgetting one thing. Maybe handcuffing the government is not a good thing? Grover Norquist style drown the government in a bathtub honestly has been a disaster for us, and it's time we wake up to that.
> Building the Golden Gate Bridge just took a few years and was very affordable when adjusting for inflation.
11 workers were killed building it. They estimated 35. [0] Can you imagine putting into a project proposal knowingly estimating X number of dead construction workers?
[0] https://www.ciconstructors.com/the-evolution-of-construction...
I don't know enough about the rest, but a cheap bridge isn't necessarily a great thing.
And I don't know that progress has necessarily slowed. A computer in your pocket happened in my lifetime, and indeed, within my memory.