Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis

As all consequence of escalating rates of failure, America’s systems are slowly collapsing.

Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis

Harold RobertsonJune 1, 2023

At a casual glance, the recent cascades of American disasters might seem unrelated. In a span of fewer than six months in 2017, three U.S. Naval warships experienced three separate collisions resulting in 17 deaths. A year later, powerlines owned by PG&E started a wildfire th…