We studied Bhopal in chemical engineering way back when. What's scary is that it didn't require a single act of breathtaking negligence, just a series of minor ones. "Hmm. This safety mechanism isn't working. Well, we don't have time to deal with it right now, so we'll just take it offline and fix it when we can. After all, there are several other safeties."
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Date: Monday, 6 December 2004 05:29 am (UTC)