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Simple rules produce complex behavior.
Complex rules produce stupid behavior.
What you want is a simple, clear, flexible way of thinking about the situation. You don't want a laundry list of special cases; you want to actually understand what's happening, and then you want to be able to use your native intelligence to figure out how to cope.
Checklists. If you go down the list and check off the list of things, by the end of it, you will survive.
If you can.
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Simple rules produce complex behavior.
Complex rules produce stupid behavior.
What you want is a simple, clear, flexible way of thinking about the situation. You don't want a laundry list of special cases; you want to actually understand what's happening, and then you want to be able to use your native intelligence to figure out how to cope.
Checklists. If you go down the list and check off the list of things, by the end of it, you will survive.
If you can.
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We have no idea what's coming down the line; we have no idea what kind of scenarios we're going to face. What you want is a nice clear way of thinking about how do you turn what you've got into what you need in a wide range of scenarios.
A mapping or a modeling tool, so you can look at a situation, and figure out what your best hope is for getting through it in the minimum number of pieces.
Preferably one.
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We have no idea what's coming down the line; we have no idea what kind of scenarios we're going to face. What you want is a nice clear way of thinking about how do you turn what you've got into what you need in a wide range of scenarios.
A mapping or a modeling tool, so you can look at a situation, and figure out what your best hope is for getting through it in the minimum number of pieces.
Preferably one.
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"I’ve had a really good time the last two weekends attending The Event, Leila Johnston’s talk series on *absolutely* catastrophic risks (think cosmic rays, supervolcanos and worse.) I did a talk called Complexity Kills on understanding risk and Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps." (2012)
Most well thought-out, practical, and *engaging* talk of its type. Thread to follow, or watch here.
Audio starts poor, improves a bit about a minute in.
http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/other/surviving-the-event-3024
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"I’ve had a really good time the last two weekends attending The Event, Leila Johnston’s talk series on *absolutely* catastrophic risks (think cosmic rays, supervolcanos and worse.) I did a talk called Complexity Kills on understanding risk and Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps." (2012)
Most well thought-out, practical, and *engaging* talk of its type. Thread to follow, or watch here.
Audio starts poor, improves a bit about a minute in.
http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/other/surviving-the-event-3024