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The FAA, NTSB, and aerospace industry do an effective job of solving problems and taking concrete steps to prevent disasters from happening again. The industry is economically motivated to do so, and those in power want to fly safe, so things get done.

The programming field just keeps making the same old mistakes again and again. We're even economically motivated to keep things this way, because we get paid to fix things when they go wrong. Roads in Germany come with a warranty, so the contractors make sure to build them correctly. Roads in the US and Italy keep getting fixed, because that's how those companies get paid.




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