Yes, computers can make mistakes propagate faster. But its also true computers allow you to correct many mistakes very easily and therefore free you to take action because the cost of mistakes is much lower.
In the days before word processing, for example, if you left out a word on a page, you pretty had to retype a document. Now, you can make a thousand changes before you decide to print. And now you don't even have to print most of the time.
Think its tough dealing with a software bug? Fix it and everybody downloads the fix. Make a hardware mistake and millions of machines need to be taken apart one at a time.
In the days before word processing, for example, if you left out a word on a page, you pretty had to retype a document. Now, you can make a thousand changes before you decide to print. And now you don't even have to print most of the time.
Think its tough dealing with a software bug? Fix it and everybody downloads the fix. Make a hardware mistake and millions of machines need to be taken apart one at a time.