alt Hacker NewsOne counter-example is the Horizon IT scandal. Obviously, you didn't say this directly, but "only a few people died/were affected, somehow civilization continues to function" maybe isn't the best argument.
One counter-example is the Horizon IT scandal. Obviously, you didn't say this directly, but "only a few people died/were affected, somehow civilization continues to function" maybe isn't the best argument.
Sure, that scandal was horrific. I don't think the root cause was amateurs with bad spreadsheets.
It was an institutional failure, and the software involved had hundreds of millions of pounds spent on it and was built by supposed professionals.