208. How Complex Systems Fail
Engineering disasters often highlight how bad decisions can wreak havoc, but Dr. Richard Cook's model of complex systems & how they fail paints a different picture.
Links for the Curious -
How Complex Systems Fail (Cook, 2000) - https://how.complexsystems.fail/
Behind Human Error: Cognitive Systems, Computers and Hindsight (Cook, 1994) - https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
Normal Accidents (Perrow, 1984) - http://geo.unibuc.ro/dm/Documents/[Charles_Perrow]_Normal_Accidents.pdf
Velocity 2012: Richard Cook, "How Complex Systems Fail" - • Velocity 2012: Richard Cook, "How Complex...
Velocity NY 2013: Richard Cook, "Resilience In Complex Adaptive Systems" - • Velocity NY 2013: Richard Cook, "Resilie...
Flying Astronauts to Space Is Never Routine (Koren, 2020) - https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...
Well There's Your Problem 8: Three Mile Island - • Well There's Your Problem | Episode 8: Thr...
Well There's Your Problem 4: The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse - • Well There's Your Problem | Episode 4: Hya...
Well There's Your Problem 12A: The Boeing 737 Max - • Well There's Your Problem | Episode 12A: T...
Well There's Your Problem 14: The Quebec Bridge - • Well There's Your Problem | Episode 14: Th...
THUNK 161: 13 Reasons Why & Compatibilism - • 161. "13 Reasons Why" & Compatibilism | THUNK
THUNK 199: FMEA - Dodging Disaster - • 199. FMEA - Dodging Disaster | THUNK
Climbing Accident Reports: How (and Why) to Read Them (Kirby, courtesy of Angus Smith!) - http://www.alpineinstitute.com/articl...
"Funny how many problems boil down to 'People need to be less shitty to one another.'"
-Ulfoolius
Rest in peace, man. You will be missed.