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Distributed, Low-Frequency, High-Impact Failure
A systems account of failures that are individually subtle but collectively consequential.
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A point in a larger field
A systems account of failures that are individually subtle but collectively consequential. This page is an initial editorial entry: enough to locate the work, show its themes, and reveal its closest relationships while the fuller story is prepared from the source archive.
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