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by voidhorse 18 days ago
"Hammers are now a very popular tool, and one can move quickly building exclusively with hammers, so we have decided to construct buildings strictly using nails, no more screws, bolts, or any other kind of fastener shall be used going forward."
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You say this as if it were necessarily irrational.

Clothes became chain-stitched (and later lock-stitched) because machines could chain-stitch. If there were a super-efficient hammering machine, it could be better to figure out ways to use nails to replace screws in designs than to hold onto screws just for nostalgia's sake.

"If there were a super-efficient hammering machine, it could be better to figure out ways to use nails to replace screws in designs than to hold onto screws just for nostalgia's sake."

How about for the sake of the bridge continuing to stand? Or is that not a good enough reason for the accountants?