Sunday, December 04, 2011

[qldhohqm] Technology accidentally kills

Technology increases exponentially.  The population increases exponentially.  (These two might be related, but is not the subject of this post.)

The destructiveness (in absolute damage, such as deaths) of an accident with technology also increases with technology.  But what is the relative destructiveness measured in proportion to the population?

Inspired by crane collapses in the construction of high-rise buildings.

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