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Would you consider that some type of license that holds the individuals writing software which is responsible for safeguarding human life or the environment acc
by liketochill 4y ago
Would you consider that some type of license that holds the individuals writing software which is responsible for safeguarding human life or the environment accountable and liable for its performance might have prevented some disasters, such as for example the Boeing max acas crashes?
- WalterBright 4y agoThere's no evidence that punishing people who make mistakes is productive. What has contributed to safety was no-fault attempts to find out what went wrong. The reason is simple. Punishment means the person who made the mistake becomes highly motivated to cover it up, deny it, shift blame, and not fix it (because fixing it means admission of, and liability for a mistake). No fault means that people can fix it without fear. Destroying people for making mistakes is a really, really bad idea for improving safety.
- liketochill 4y agoFor whatever web app, it doesn’t matter, but are you saying blameless post mortems are the only solution to software caused deaths and evironmental catastrophes? The buck has to stop somewhere.
- WalterBright 4y agoNo-fault investigations have been very successful in making airline travel incredibly safe.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoCitations for this claim and the parent-parent comment claims that you made?
- WalterBright 4y agoI've watched every episode of "Aviation Disasters" on the Smithsonian channel. At the end there's a summary of corrective action taken. I can't recall one that resulted in a criminal prosecution for making a mistake.