According to author David Bell, a senior scholar at Brownstone Institute, Disease-X is a high-return business strategy.
Fearistan, having done very well economically and provided its citizens a long lifespan, noticed that people were still occasionally dying in road accidents. Fearistanis were wealthy and really liked the freedom to travel. While road deaths were uncommon, any unnecessary death surely seemed worth avoiding.
The road-building industry, working closely with government, ...
