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[Mistborn] Why didn't the Lord Ruler ever try burning Atium with Duralumin?

Given that it shows the ultimate consequences of your actions, wouldn't his doing that have fundamentally changed everything that follows?
gpt
It doesn't show the ultimate consequences of your actions. Normally, atium lets you see a few seconds into the future. With duralumin, Elend was able to see a good bit farther - but there's no indication he saw anything more than an hour or so into the future. Elend was able to see that allowing Marsh to win their duel would lead to the obviously beneficial consequence of Sazed ascending. But if the Lord Ruler just randomly burned duralumin and atium together at some point during his reign, he'd probably just see an uneventful next hour, with no consequential decisions to be made.