[Getready]

Another example of the innate engineering intelligence of mankind regardless of historical era...possibly on the wane nowadays(Boeing, collapsing bridges, Millenium tower in San fran..California bullet train fiasco, etc)?????

[IndianChief]

Another example of the innate engineering intelligence of mankind regardless of historical era...possibly on the wane nowadays(Boeing, collapsing bridges, Millenium tower

Perhaps you confuse greed with lack of engineering intelligence? Excellence flourishes where technocrats rule. See SpaceX.