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...














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