The Logic of Failure

The Logic of Failure

Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dörner

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    An explanation of why and how, with our high intelligence and vast knowledge, humans continue to make catastrophic mistakes is accompanied by a concise handbook on how to “go right.”

    222 pages, 1996

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