Abstract:

A system becomes quite complex,
And its failures do nothing but vex,
            Though a sand pile is simple,
            Trouble starts with a pimple,
So how can we defuse the hex?
 
If we connect some dots:
            Horseshoe-Nails….Sandpiles….Earthquakes….Zipf's-Law….
            Complexity….Fractality….Human-Error….Organizations….
            Non-Communication….Columbia….Catastrophe!,
we can get some clues, and build more robust systems.

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