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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 10 May 2016 05:11:37PM *  4 points [-]

I agree strongly with the general direction of your thinking.

I think one of the best strategies for robustification is diversity in many dimensions: biological, intellectual, political, social, technological. Nature has used this strategy for millions of years (the next time you walk around your town notice how many different tree species there are).