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They insist on recreating everything in modern society from first principles, rather than just learning from the past.
They can't just accept that X is a bad idea, and we know this because we fucking tried it several times. That's why we do Y, even though it might seem counterintuitive. They just need to go through it themselves, and fuck the people whose lives are ruined in the process. Collateral damage. To learn something that we already fucking know and have been telling them
This is what I bring up with a coworker all the time as to why education is so important. Knowing the mistakes and pitfalls from the road to get to where we are right now is important so you don't waste time trying to reinvent the wheel. Also it helps when you look at a problem and think "The solution is SO obvious! Just X!". After education you tend to think "There's probably a good reason we don't 'Just X!', I just am unaware of it.". Though you srill need to do your due diligence and research.
That said, there are always ideas that weren't feasible at the time, or some breakthrough that they never thought of in the past that could make something relevant.