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Great writeup (including the human cost, e.g. loss / lack of sleep, which in my experience has a huge impact on complicated incident resolution). Here’s what jumped out at me: “The…

An interesting story, whether fact or fiction. The difficulty of receiving messages as “Brenda” from people in various forms of real-life distress and not being able to respond to …

The bit about monetizing one’s influence / social “capital” reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_ (which is a great read regardless). https://crap…

The bit about monetizing one’s influence / reputation reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_. https://craphound.com/down/Cory_Doctorow_-_Down_and_O…

I'm a technologist, but I can't help but be reminded of the novel _This Perfect Day_ by Ira Levin here. (Especially once you replace the question "do I have enough money to walk ou…

Airline companies don't want to buy aircraft because their highest-probability outcome is to declare bankruptcy (which happens about every 10 years for most major airlines in the U…