What Could Possibly Explain Last Week’s Oscars Flub?

Disaster science, in which lots of little, seemingly inconsequential things add up to large problems. For instance, at the Oscars, “having senior executives taking such a front-line role can be a recipe for trouble – they’re more likely to assume they’re going to do it right. Many accidents have been triggered by very experienced workers who grew overconfident and complacent — wilderness firefighters, for example, are most likely to be killed or injured in their 10th year on the job.”