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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      I’ve had a few near-miss normal accidents this year that’s put the fear of entangled complexity into me. Came within a hair of extreme clusterfuck. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents …

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Strongly advise people to be extra careful during chaotic activity spikes like moving or dealing with a family medical emergency. That’s exactly when you’re also likely to lose bags with documents etc. Compounding snowballing crises.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Not the sort of thing I am normally comfortable sharing but feels like a public-service thing so I will. Short version of my 2 near misses.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Case 1 was moving to LA. Wrangling 6 suitcases, 2 carry ons and an ornery cat out of LAX, I forgot my messenger bag with ALL our documents (which we were hand-caring for “safety”) in luggage cart while boarding shuttle driven by driver who didn’t help with luggage.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Luckily I noticed within 1 stop, yelled at driver to let us off, we tumble out with all our stuff and I sprint back to previous terminal. Checked baggage claim first, wasn’t there. Got police, lost and found number from security, then just before calling, thought of luggage cart.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Incredibly it was still at shuttle stop with my bag in it. Whew. Not only was all our documents in it, but (and this was super dumb of me) also our crypto hardware key AND wallet passphrase card in one bag. Massive single point of failure. Very very dumb. I got lucky.

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Case 2: My father-in-law-law is currently in ICU, sedated and on ventilator, seriously ill. Wife and I got all HIS docs from his rural, somewhat insecure home for safety. She puts it all in her handbag. This morning, she lost it. All our cards, car keys, all FIL’s stuff.

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      3h of panic. We cancel/block our cards but we don’t even know what’s in FIL’s pile: credit cards etc. MIL doesn’t deal with paperwork so she doesn’t know. We wrack brains trying to think how to secure his stuff with him in ICU (me back in LA, her still at hospital in Michigan)😖

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Again we get very lucky. Bag turned into hospital lost and found, with $60 in cash gone, but rest intact. Could have gone very, very badly.

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    10. Greg Borenstein‏ @atduskgreg 6 Aug 2019
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      I’m sorry you’re having to deal with both of these big stressful things at the same time. Sounds really hard. If there’s anything I can do here in LA to help don’t hesitate to reach out.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Aug 2019
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      Thanks. On top of things for now 🙂

      12:59 PM - 6 Aug 2019
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          Glad to hear! Once things have settled down for you let’s finally find time to meet up.

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