The mindset of "we already have solved this problem" cannot be at the table in discussing creating new reactors.

If your "solution" doesn't involve politics, or communities, or economics, yours is not a solution.

My trite little test is to ask 'Who is responsible for paying for the contract security agents at this site 300 years from now?"

Which manufacturer who sells autos in the USA wants to compete abd bring a wildly popular EV onto the market?

GM? Toyota? Ford? Honda? Stellantis?

No.

Bringing a reasonably priced, cute, reliable, EV onto the market that does not require dealer maintenance or weekly hydrocarbon top ups does not serve these companies bottom line.

The available supply of EVs for sale in the USA is not meeting consumer demand.

The laws of economics hold. Auto makers do not want you to buy an EV and subsequently offer very few and unlikable models. In this they are meeting their profit goals.

What a pity you can't get up half way through and flip it over to play the other side

If too many students are getting A grades, then it sounds like the assignments and exams are too easy. A simple solution would be to make the courses more difficult. Although that presumes that the tutors and teaching staff are capable of addressing those more searching topics, themselves.

ISTM that any IT system that requires an internet connection - either directly to function or for support / maintenance has exactly zero independence.

I guess you didn't get as far as reading "the sort of ..." rather than focusing on one single example. And SO is a hostile environment. That is precisely why they had to start policing the ruder and abusive elements.
But it is still full of passive-aggressive responses, senior users who use it to denigrate newbies and unhelpful "already answered" replies that do nothing to make it feel welcoming or supportive.

And this is exactly the sort of antagonistic and aggressive (and unnecessary) response that turned me off trying to contribute to Stack Overflow

I use an ad blocker on my browser. Seemingly every few days it pops up it's own interruption telling me how many ads it has blocked and begs for money.
Do the creators really not understand?

This not a personal attack, sorry it's toward you. I always assume the men (mostly men) who fought and braved coming to the office as much as possible from 2020 to date just seem to hate being with their family. Again, you probably love yours, but when you brought up the kid I just wondered if that is the example a WFH mom would give.

Maybe it should be reclassified as comedy. Before it descends into being a joke. Like most BBC current affairs has already become

You win for the least expected response to being called pompous on an internet forum.
You should run for office or something. Through nothing more than this one throw-off response I deem you a solid person. Have a beautiful life.

Will that be all of it leaving the Earth behind?
Though I suppose if they miss the target of going during Trump's second term, they can always make it during his third, or later term.

The idea that one country can develop a technology that no other can, is as flawed as it is arrogant. And by refusing to sell advanced technology, the reasons to produce domestic alternatives get stepped up a gear - or several.

Once you accept that a competitor or adversary has both the ability and the will to create technologies domestically, that they would be prohibited from purchasing, you have to accept that the originator has lost control. What is worse is the possibility that they might just make a better version than you have.

If those who are given an advantage due to their disabilities result in them as a group having a results profile that is the same as the un-disadvantaged, then the level of compensation seems just.

However, if they perform significantly better (or worse) than their class mates, something needs fixing.

Clearly you are arguing from an acute protein deficit.