Our daily life is mostly made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm. Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain w

Inexperienced, and in an emergency situation for the first time, my head quickly generated a worst-case scenario. I didn’t see what I wanted to see. I saw what I was afraid of seeing. Critical thinking is always difficult, but it’s almost impossible when we are scared. There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.

the apparent safety that redundancy provides can lead people to make sloppy decisions. They may assume—incorrectly—that even if something goes wrong, there’s a fail-safe in place. Redundancy, in other words, can’t be a substitute for good design.

What is the worst advice you see or hear being dispensed in your world?