billswift comments on Great Books of Failure - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 April 2009 12:59AM

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Comment author: billswift 19 April 2009 04:43:10PM *  3 points [-]

I think the best cautionary tale in this book is the 1981 collapse of the skywalk in the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City from what was thought an extremely minor design change. In any event, the book addresses lots of failures and is well-written and readable.