> failure to perform leads to more severe consequences as compared to tech.
When “we” (people who write code) fuck up, things like this can and have happened:
- people die of radiation poisoning (Therac 25)
- cars crash (Toyota unintended acceleration, Tesla autopilot fails)
- rockets explode (Ariane 5)
- hundreds of millions of dollars are lost (Knight Capital)
- the financial information of millions is exposed (Equifax)