why didn’t Somervell realize that there was a much better site available before he sought and got approval for the original design? Why didn’t any of those who approved the plan spot the flaw? Because Somervell’s plan was so absurdly rushed and superficial that no one had even looked for other sites, much less considered their relative merits carefully. They had all treated the first suitable site identified as the only suitable site and hurried to get construction going as quickly as possible. Such limited vision is rooted deep in our psychology, as we will see later. That doesn’t make it any
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