I frequently see dilapidated barns and was thinking that turning them into something useful could help preserve them. To that end, grants could offered to help convert old barns into self storage units provided they had a minimal visual impact and provision is made for their upkeep. Storage is a function which should fit in fairly easily and not cost very much to implement.
There is no room for what we wish to be true in science; that belongs in engineering.
Science is essentially reverse engineering nature; ultimately there is only one correct answer. In engineering, there are theoretically (if not practically) unlimited ways to approach the same problem. This is the biggest reason I am drawn to engineering over science, important as it may be.
Some believe that engineering is the intersection of art and science. I agree: it destroys one by turning it into the other.
Markets are a means, not an end.
The aim of the American Dream is the freedom to be fat, dumb, and happy. In practice, we've got two out of three.
Science finds the needle of truth in the haystack of delusion.