# A small mistake does not a complex systems failure make – Surfing Complexity

<https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2023/01/15/a-small-mistake-does-not-a-complex-systems-failure-make/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Sometimes very small things can cause cascading failure in complex systems. The whole point of this article is that the small thing that started it is only the beginning, and not the real explanation.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT239: Weekly Thing #239 / Helmets, Bear, Smile](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/239/), Briefly

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