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Even if safety has that magnitude of penalty, it doesn't explain years of delays and 2500% over budget. It would've been factored into the original timeline and budget.

And surely after 80 years of improvements in technology, materials, process, etc we have the ability to build in less time AND have no deaths?

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And surely after 80 years of improvements in technology, materials, process, etc we have the ability to build in less time AND have no deaths?

I don’t think this follows. MRI machines save lives. MRI machines did not exist a century ago. MRI machines have made healthcare more expensive, not less.

I think the same could apply to buildings with new materials and construction methods.

Not all healthcare requires MRI machines, no? Presumably most (not all, I will agree) of the marginal expense is shouldered by situations which make use of the MRI, versus those that could carry on without it (plus another small concession for those situations that use the MRI that would’ve resulted in similar outcomes pre-MRI invention).

I agree with your point generally though. It reminds me of the “websites got slower faster than computers got faster, thanks to computers” argument.

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