this looks good. it's on my list. i need to learn more about failure, never experienced it. just learning and o'dang some of my classes in life have been brutal.

goliath

The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations

sound high-level principles can produce bad outcomes when the underlying model is incomplete

, especially in complex systems with feedback and edge cases.

I mention this specifically bc in ideologically fanatical circles like Monero I feel like nuanced thinking sometimes gets sacrificed and everything is explained away with simplified models. It's kind of about ideally not falling into that.

Books

What's my next book? (bounty)

Dietrich Dörner, *The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations*

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It deals with how **sound high-level principles can produce bad outcomes when the underlying model is incomplete**, especially in complex systems with feedback and edge cases.

I mention this specifically bc in ideologically fanatical circles like Monero I feel like nuanced thinking sometimes gets sacrificed and everything is explained away with simplified models. It's kind of about ideally not falling into that.