麦克雷迪的关键理念之一是,建造一架能在坠机后迅速重建的飞机。他认为,每一次试飞都能揭示新信息,但人力飞机重量太轻,每一次试飞都使飞机受损。设计者最重要的任务是建造一架在坠机后无需花费数周乃至数月时间,只需几天甚至几小时就能重建的飞机。一旦攻克了如何实现快速、低成本试验的问题,其他的事情就迎刃而解了。
Some professions have internalised this lesson. Architects use scale models to shed light on how a completed building might look and feel. A nicely made model can take days of work to complete but that is not much compared with the cost of the building itself.
一些行业吸收了这个经验。建筑师用比例模型来表现完工的建筑可能呈现出的外观和质感。制作精巧的模型可能需要花费数天,但与建造实体建筑的成本相比,这显得微不足道。
Politicians don’t find it so easy. A new policy is hardly a new policy at all unless it can be unveiled in a blaze of glory, preferably as a well-timed surprise. That hardly suits the MacCready approach. Imagine the conference speech: “We’re announcing a new array of quick-and-dirty experiments with the welfare state. We’ll be iterating rapidly after each new blunder and heart-rending tabloid anecdote.”
政治人士发现这并不容易。除非一项新政策甫一推出就能大获成功、备受赞赏,最好还能适时地让人们感到惊讶,否则根本称不上新政策。麦克雷迪的策略很难与之适配。想象一下这样的会议致辞:“我们宣布将就福利国家进行新一轮快速粗略的试验。每次出现新的错误和令人心碎的小报轶闻后我们会迅速重新推出试验。”
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