Episode 518: 10% of a Headache

DISCUSSED: As The Lone Star state struggles with a surfeit of anomalous weather events, your hosts dig into the challenges inherent to all sorts of complex, interconnected systems.

Links for this episode:

• Brandon Friedman on Twitter: "Water stored in the bathtub froze solid last night. That's how it's going in Dallas. https://t.co/cJdUMDT6pN" / Twitter
  (Show art swiped from this tweet by Brandon Friedman.)
  
• Coldest temperatures in decades continue; more wintry weather mid-week | kvue.com
  
• Causality
  Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.
  
• Cautionary Tales – Pushkin
  We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these cautionary tales are for the education of the grown-ups — and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “Messy” and “The Undercover Economist”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos. They’ll delight you and scare you, but also make you wiser.
  
• Causality — Overcast
  Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.
  
• Cautionary Tales — Overcast
  We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective” and “The Undercover Economist”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos. They’ll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

• Bernard Purdie - Wikipedia
  
• “Babylon Sisters” by Steely Dan — Strong Songs — Overcast
  
• Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench - Kiss Guy - Austin, TX. 4-18-18 (Yayo Sanchez) Multi-Cameras - YouTube
  
• Led Zeppelin - "Fool In The Rain" - Isolated drum tracks - YouTube
  
• I’ll Do The Procrastination Episode Tomorrow
  In an episode that could not be put off any longer, Merlin Mann joins John to unpick the habit of procrastination, how to identify when you’re doing it, why you’re doing it and how to stop yourself from doing it and get yourself back on track.
  
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: The Legendary Purdie Shuffle - YouTube
  The great Bernard Purdie breaks down exactly how The Purdie Shuffle works. Do not miss.
  
• Steely Dan - The Making of "Aja" - YouTube
  
• Cautionary Tales - La La Land: Galileo's Warning on Stitcher
  Galileo tried to teach us that adding more and more layers to a system intended to avert disaster often makes catastrophe all the more likely to happen. His basic lesson has been ignored in nuclear power plants, financial markets and at the Oscars... all resulting in chaos.
  
• La La Land: Galileo’s Warning — Cautionary Tales — Overcast
  Galileo tried to teach us that adding more and more layers to a system intended to avert disaster often makes catastrophe all the more likely to happen. His basic lesson has been ignored in nuclear power plants, financial markets and at the Oscars... all resulting in chaos.

• Marie-Louise Munter (@missmunter) / Twitter
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• House of Prime Rib | 1906 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco | 415.885.4605
  
• Sloan - The Good In Everyone - YouTube
  
• Easy Rider - Airport dealer - YouTube
  
• Random Walks
  A random walk is the process by which randomly-moving objects wander away from where they started.