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Another lesson from the story is that you might not be able to figure out the reason for the fence currently, but in springtime when the creek overflows, it mig

• dredmorbius 5y ago
  See the problems of historical warnings, markers, and legends, for example. Japanese seaside communities frequently have markers showing the height or inland range of previous tsunamis. Proscriptions against specific materials, sites, foods, or practices may be based on previous lessons for which available archival mechanisms were insufficient to detail though lore and monuments might serve as warning. Jared Diamond observes that in New Guinea, natives refuse to sleep beneath certain types of tree, despite what seems a small risk of limb-fall. The occasional recreational camper might get away with spending a few nights out of a lifetime under such a tree or camping on low ground. Small risks repeated sufficiently many times become large, and those living such a lifestyle take precautions. Similarly: many safety regulations, standards, and precautions are written in blood. Oderised gas is the scented memorial to the 300 souls of the New London School. Long-term, latent, non-manifest risks are a chief form of technical debt.