[Fry]

So the choices were stop building at the 67th floor level or "invent" a new fireproofing technique.
Is innovation a bad thing? When you run into difficulty, should you just throw your hands up and say never mind?
The fireproofing they "invented" would have worked fine under any normal circumstances, but guess what, fully fueled jumbo jets intentionally plowing into the buildings at full speed was anything but normal. The buildings were fine, the blame rests with the terrorists.

[Tuco-bad]

Is innovation a bad thing? When you run into difficulty, should you just throw your hands up and say never mind?

Innovation of corse is not a bad thing.

However, in this case a new fireproofing technique was immediately invented which was "claimed" to be as effective as concrete or asbestos.