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> would the aggregate harm of multiple smaller bad events occurring over years be above or below the one-shot harm of CrowdStrike's screwup? See US federal and
by transpute 2y ago
> would the aggregate harm of multiple smaller bad events occurring over years be above or below the one-shot harm of CrowdStrike's screwup?
See US federal and state separation of powers as a laboratory for policy.
The harm is only "aggregate" if nothing is learned from each event.
If lessons are rapidly learned and diffused from each event, then multiple smaller events can reduce local blast radius, immunize others against known failure categories, and increase global resilience.
- tedunangst 2y agoThe only lesson ever learned from small events is "that would never happen here". Until it does.
- transpute 2y agoMaybe smaller events can be tracked with an incident ID and analysis to forestall bigger events. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41018029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41018029