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Errors have two major forms. Slips occur when the goal is correct, but the required actions are not done properly: the execution is flawed. Mistakes occur when the goal or plan is wrong.
Slips and mistakes can be further divided based upon their underlying causes. Memory lapses can lead to either slips or mistakes, depending upon whether the memory failure was at the highest level of cognition (mistakes) or at lower (subconscious) levels (slips).
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
What is the alternative to naïve cynicism? An active response to what arises, a recognition that we often don’t know what is going to happen ahead of time, and an acceptance that whatever takes place will usually be a mixture of blessings and curses. Such an attitude is bolstered by historical memory, by accounts of indirect consequences, unanticipated cataclysms and victories, cumulative effects, and long timelines.
Resources for Climate Nihilism
Sara Hendren from undefended / undefeated
I’ve been thinking of a kind of article I commonly write:
1. Here’s some examples of *something* .
2. I am going to give that *thing* a name.
3. Now that we have a name, let’s discuss it as its own topic.
Examples: [edge case poisoning](https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/edge-case-poisoning/) , [mimicry](https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/software-mimicry/) , [cleverness vs insight](https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/cleverness/) , [constructive and predicative data](https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/constructive/) .
Making Memes
Hillel Wayne
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