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Gliding7682yesterday at 6:56 PM0 repliesview on HN

I like this phrase from the post you shared:

> A species that cannot follow the reasoning of its own systems does not supervise them; it simply inhabits them until they stop working.

I feel this idea is closely related to additive bias. People are scared of breaking things, so the safest way is to just add another tiny part to an already complex system. As cognitive debt accumulates faster, this additive bias just becomes stronger imo.