As we discussed today, this ongoing review continues to reveal more about the human and systemic failures that almost cost nearly 300 lives.

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But what already is apparent is that there was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security.

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Add to this human error and other failures inherent in war, and the outcome becomes unclear.

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Failures re-price their assets (human and physical) and try other experiments but the whole process supports tens of millions of workers who gain experience and incomes.

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The goal is to create "intelligent" computers that can handle simple tasks, such as correcting system failures and warding off attacks from hackers, without human intervention.

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It shows that failures in the markets for credit, insurance, land and human capital result in underinvestment by the poor, overinvestment by the rich and a less efficient economy.

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The narrative he builds is one that compels us to become more comfortable with math and statistics, one that suggests we should take advantage of machines where possible, and one in which we cannot lose the human element guiding the analysis if we want to avoid catastrophic chaos-theory driven failures to which machines are susceptible.

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The problems can be caused by power failures, inadvertent severing of telecommunications links, corrupted software, bad hardware or human error.

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And not only were the same people leading the charge, but they were naming the same alleged cause (human industrial activity) and the same alleged consequences (more drought, extreme weather, crop failures, etc.).

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