Who was at fault here? Those who modified the fall height parameters, those who designed the decision support system such that it could override life threatening problems based on a single parameter, endusers, their managers, or all?
Or was the problem the syndrome of inappropriate confidence in computers (SICC syndrome )?
I opine all of the above, in this cautionary tale:
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