Another cost with a failed moonshot is damage to reputation. If I think that there is a 5% chance of another pandemic in the next 10 years and I spend the next 5 years working to mitigate it, there is a 95% chance that everyone who tells me I am crazy will end up looking like they were right.
Another cost with a failed moonshot is damage to reputation. If I think that there is a 5% chance of another pandemic in the next 10 years and I spend the next 5 years working to mitigate it, there is a 95% chance that everyone who tells me I am crazy will end up looking like they were right.