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A control you can skip
A welding cell's interlock never failed. It had no opinion about who was inside. A worker died with two supervisors in the cell.
27 August, 2026
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When Feedback Misses Its Window
The Iberian blackout of April 2025 had a closed-loop system with feedback, protection, and reactive power reserves. The correction mechanism existed and sat unused while voltage climbed toward collapse. The loop existed. It didn't govern.
22 July, 2026
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Supervision Can't Be Bolted On
Most people think an autonomous system is safe as long as someone can always intervene. The Cruise robotaxi incident shows why that assumption fails - and what proactive supervision actually looks like when reactive supervision isn't enough.
21 July, 2026