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		apexalpha on Nov 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Policy, not tech, spurred Danish dominance in wind... In what sense is this informal knowdledge? Government has always steered society in the way it wants to go. That's what a government is.

epistasis on Nov 8, 2020 [–]

Many government policies are completely ineffective. Some are effective. Sometimes technology change and business activities are far more important than policy.

So cataloging what has happened is important.

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