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there was no market demand for building codes, either. that's why they're laws

bbut but mah free market gave us fire escapes attached to every building in new york, and they were made of wood!

I know you're being sarcastic, but this reminded me of Tanya Reilly's _great_ talk "The history of fire escapes: How to fail". There's a recording up at https://www.infoq.com/presentations/history-fire-escapes-res...

Countries that pass laws making it 10x more difficult to develop software will not survive the next few decades.