134: Normal Accidents -- Charles Perrow (Part 2)

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Feb 17, 202600:44:15Business

In Part 2 of our episode on Charles Perrow’s book Normal Accidents , we carry the framework forward into the 21st century to consider newer technological systems (especially in information technology) and the Y2K problem...

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