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So Many Silver Landmines

Silver bullets magically solve problems. Silver landmines magically create problems.

There are myriad surefire ways to kill plants, to lose games, to make enemies, to guarantee failure, to tank quality, etc. This world record will likely not double again in such dramatic fashion, but competitive eating is still in its infancy -- expect a slow 10% improvement over the next few decades. Brooks argues that "there is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order of magnitude [tenfold] improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity."

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