We can't simply blame the engineers when things go wrong because, no matter how well they plan, things don't always go according to plan.
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We can't blame the technology when we make mistakes.
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
We always blame other people when things go wrong. For example, family to friends, you think they'll stay by your side, and you realise they never do. But that's life.
Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.
More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.
Because they are so humbled by their creations, engineers are naturally conservative in their expectations of technology. They know that the perfect system is the stuff of science fiction, not of engineering fact, and so everything must be treated with respect.
When people have their own money at stake, it's a lot easier to find and settle on practical, no-nonsense solutions to engineering problems than is ever the case in the complex and endless deliberations of a government bureaucracy.
Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.
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