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Habit systems, airline networks and 17th-century warships all fail the same way: not from a catastrophic shock, but under the weight of too many reasonable additions.

Featuring: Hyman Minsky, Courtland Allen, Michael Santoro, Lyn Montgomery, Klas Fleming, Joseph Tainter

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Chapters:

(00:00) Stability is destabilizing
(00:04) Fifteen years of habit lists that grew until they broke
(00:27) Southwest Airlines loses track of its crews, Christmas 2022
(01:12) The Vasa sinks 1,300 meters from the yard that built her
(01:59) Joseph Tainter on why complex societies end
(02:12) Too many reasonable additions

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