I was describing a software bug that results in a runaway.

The car suddenly speeds up on its own.

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Yes. I’m making the point that safety is often a secondary consideration when it comes to connivence.

The difference though is that people can choose to go slower than the speed limit in the US. We generally don't punish going too slow (rare exceptions). That's not really true for a lot of the things we were talking about here. These issues are largely beyond any single person's control. It requires a shift in culture. That was my whole point.

We are carrying our approach to less meaningful systems into critical systems, and that's why we end up having disasters. We need to separate our systems and use a philosophy that makes sense in each context. The Windows a gamer uses may be the same as what runs 911 call centers and pretty much everything in my emergency department, but losing a gaming machine clearly matters less. So just firing out broken software as if every device is the same is a really dumb and broken model. Convenience may matter more to the gamer, but it doesn't for someone who isn't breathing. This is a massive issue beyond any single person or company.