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Also see Normal Accidents[1] which discusses "human error" as a PR cover for systems that are simply too complicated for unaided humans to monitor and understan
by aftbit 6y ago
Also see Normal Accidents[1] which discusses "human error" as a PR cover for systems that are simply too complicated for unaided humans to monitor and understand.
1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192408.Normal_Accidents https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192408.Normal_Accidents
- aeturnum 6y agoNormal Accidents is a real classic of the genre of disaster studies and points out some very useful realities for tightly coupled systems. Engineers building highly complex systems would do well to read the book and take its lessons to heart.