Because all of the plants like this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Castings) have been torn out.

Not being OpEx. Taking blame. Lending credibility.

The argument is that the environment is so saturated with Federal enforcement that the airlines become de facto Federal concessionaires.

The problems discussed here are not The Problem, which is that businesspeople cannot understand the problems discussed here. The effect of The Problem is that the designers and operators of systems have to care how fast they get the wrong answers. This is demoralizing and universally corrupting. Every company would be better off reverting to pre-1945 methods and tools.

Interesting perspective and I don't disagree. Though on one hand engineering has always been about building the bridge that barely stands. On the other hand it often feels like we are not even close to designing bridges in modern tech companies, and instead we're closer to throwing garbage into the river and floating across on it, and saying that's engineering.

The purpose of all automation and outsourcing is to obscure responsibility, not to reduce cost.

The number of crashes is not what matters. What matters is whether it is possible to hold anyone responsible for the crashes that do occur. The purpose of autonomous vehicles -- the only purpose -- is to make that impossible.

Exactly. I think of a Meta-like hole that you shout into, and no response comes back. Even for insurance claims. It's inherent to the technology. Google and every other big corp is like that online, too.

Author doesn't know the difference between a premium and a discount. Calibrate accordingly.

2031 may as well be 3031.

Now do "why letting nations get away with international crimes is bad for the world".

Underground == inaccessible. That equation affects more things than power lines. Past time to solve it.