Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation
…ual at all, rather the structures that cause certain people to fail with almo*]}*st no fault of their own. And yet, without this data, they will very quickly ascribe the mistake to themselves.” In the case of this subway step, it would be inaccurate to solely blame each individual for tripping. Only by observing the aggregate can we see how a social structure—here, the design of a stairwell—is a more powerful cause of what seem like individual errors.…
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