Comment Comment by gsf_emergency_2 Had Archimedes lived to teach the Romans his calculus we might have reached Mars by 500 ADhttps://youtu.be/h0gPomI3h8othat's not from hesitation. And one can only call the Syracuse invasion an inefficiency in hindsight.The immediate opportunity of a ~million Roman lives compared to other hypothetical opportunities(One might guess that opportunities of the win-win type weren't covered by Munger's model) parent gsf_emergency_2 1 year ago
https://youtu.be/h0gPomI3h8o
that's not from hesitation. And one can only call the Syracuse invasion an inefficiency in hindsight.
The immediate opportunity of a ~million Roman lives compared to other hypothetical opportunities
(One might guess that opportunities of the win-win type weren't covered by Munger's model)