"Cover your ass (CYA)" incentives are, in my experience, the biggest obstacles to policy implementation
A very sad, example: drug approvals.
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Ben Golub 🇺🇦🕸️: An extremely sad post that should be read
https://jakeseliger.com/2023/07/22/i-am-dying-of-squamous-cell-carcinoma-and-the-treatments-that-might-save-me-are-just-out-of-reach/
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/lugaricano/status/1683013602972672000