
We are not used to despair, but so many people in our country are. If you feel your life is painful and hopeless and no one is offering any solutions, is it really so irrational to want to inject some chaos into the system? Is it crazy to think that the blowing up the status quo is the one chance to shake things up? It’s incorrect, I think, but it’s not crazy. And, again, it’s our fault. What world have we built if half the population think radical uncertainty is better than the status quo?
… “scrappy and unscalable now is better then perfect later” applies and when to actually spend time. My general rule of thumb is that if something is 1) reversible, and 2) not terminal, and 3) doesn’t involve people’s emotions — then I just do. Otherwise I think it is good to talk about it and think about it before acting.
…e first leg of the journey, and the second, smaller stage intended to carry it the rest of the way. The entire assembly costs roughly $55 million to build — of that, the massive first stage accounts for 72% of the cost, or about $40 million.