If it makes you feel any better, next year may be worse.
Perrow writes about how the failure of a complex, highly-coupled system can be catastrophic. I used his book, Normal Accidents, as a source for my book.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Recycling Programs
With city budgets declining, it’s time to rethink them.
It’s time to rethink lots of things, but we don’t usually do it until under duress. The virus has been helpful in that regard in many cases.
Unassailable Ideas
Reviews of a new book about the cultural rot in academia.
Space Force Members
…will only go to the moon if they’re selected by NASA.
They may have no current plans to send the spacers into space, but that could change with the advent of Starship.
[Sunday-morning update]
Sorry about the missing link. I’m surprised that no one mentioned it sooner.
Good Job, Guys
Wasting water to save water.
The Crew Dragon Mission
There was a little more damage than expected.
But it sounds like it’s not a big deal.
Starlink
It’s getting early rave reviews.
Life Extension
Silicon Valley CEOs
Why they’re such raging psychopaths.
This Looks Like A Blast
Combining hypersonics with directed-energy for drag reduction?