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Accidents, Abduction, and the Devil

Accidents are mysteries, not puzzles. Computational thinking can make them worse.

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Erik J Larson
Feb 22, 2024
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Hi Colligo readers,

I’m taking a week break from The Big Chill series (aka the “we’re f*cked” series). It’s a popular series, as evidenced by reader responses, and I assure you I’ll be writing the third installment soon. Here I’m interested in resuscitating another piece I did for The Atlantic, on accidents. I wrote it in a Starbucks in the Spring of 201…

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