The sunk cost fallacy of wizardry. Come on man, just one more incantation, just one more and you’ll be immortal! It’s always just one more incantation!
A smart wizard would just say that they can grant immortality, but it doesn’t last forever so they need to buy a new immortality potion every year.
What do you do when the king dies?
“potion must’ve wore off.”
Alberta: just one more oil boom - we promise not to piss this one away, lord
A wise king would know the wizard would just make off with the Elixir Vitae as soon as it was discovered.
Meanwhile we have autocrats telling their engineers to design them a computer intelligence that can manage an unstoppable army of swarming killer drones.
let’s try with a bit more mercury and arsenic this time
We love casting spells with the kingdoms money!
