La La Land: Galileo's Warning
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
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The Oscars Blunder: Complexity and Catastrophe
This chapter examines the notorious mix-up at the Oscars where the wrong film was declared Best Picture. It highlights the contributing factors of tightly coupled systems and the pressures of live broadcasts, using Galileo's principle to illustrate how complex systems can lead to significant failures.
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