The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error
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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error
Sidney Dekker
6 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2015–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Given how much time software projects spend dealing with bugs, I believe we need a new way to think about them, and for me this book describes a big piece of that.
most of the book I thought "but it's obvious", but it still made me actively think about system design choices not from the standpoint "how it should be used" but "how can it be misused"
It probably has nothing to do with it, but as I was reading your post it sounded very similar to the typical Hegelian approach to history and societies.
You'll probably like Thinking Fast... and Slow. By Daniel Kahneman. It's all about how the mind works and why errors in judgement/logic happen.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? 2015 · 4 recommendations
- Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and problem solver? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books? 2016 · 1 recommendation