Imagine we have an old
public building that has become hazardous and costs far more to maintain than
any public benefit it provides. It needs to be demolished (and replaced).
We'll need to hire a
demolition contractor. As we consider the
tenders, we see that we have one from an under-qualified over-confident dishonest
angry demolition contractor with a fixation on “disaster” who asserts, “It will
be a cinch to tear this baby down!” He says he’ll do it “fast and cheap” by swinging
a wrecking ball during rush hour in the crowded streets. While his own
estimates are very low and competitive, his costs do not include collateral
damage. He seems to have a curiously cavalier disregard for the complexity of
the job, safety, and broader consequences. In fact, it is a virtual certainty
that most of the demolition debris will fall directly on our heads and is
likely to result in injury, death and irreparable harm. Shall we give him the contract?
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