Incremental building has the added benefit of letting people use it, get used to it, and eventually get over their fear/hate responses gradually.
We all know this phenomenon. Propose something new, get instant backlash, build it anyway, and then nobody remembers what life was like before.
It’s a problem with our system but I feel like it’s not possible to convince people about almost any new proposal. Political minds don’t seem to change, regardless of the good faith arguments presented. You can have an argument about new transit that objectively reduces congestion and raises tax revenue, and people will still never get over their initial reaction.
We all know this phenomenon. Propose something new, get instant backlash, build it anyway, and then nobody remembers what life was like before.
It’s a problem with our system but I feel like it’s not possible to convince people about almost any new proposal. Political minds don’t seem to change, regardless of the good faith arguments presented. You can have an argument about new transit that objectively reduces congestion and raises tax revenue, and people will still never get over their initial reaction.
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