What has been humanity's greatest achievement?
The international commercial aviation system. Over 100,000 flights per day worldwide, and zero fatalities in 2017. An incredible achievement for a tribal primate.pic.twitter.com/RKuxDfK1iw
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what percentage of our total population gets on an airplane each year?
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This doesn't quite answer your question, but it's kinda relevant: https://www.statista.com/statistics/564717/airline-industry-passenger-traffic-globally/ …
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agreed. but also the source of much systemic risk, e.g. global pandemic.
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I too, have played plague. ;)
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Design the system for the primate. Checklists and detailed study of every accident, incredible achievement. Munger - No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.
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The written word.
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Apparently we all ignore the island of St. Helena
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Staggering.
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It's called having redundancy (at least 2 engine, triple flight controls, 5 computers).
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It's gonna take an aviation system of sonic jets than can take you halfway across the world for the price of a current train ticket before I get impressed with that.
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