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the
hidden
impacts of small errors
Created 2013
by Tom Curtis
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small errors not addressed
are rarely
just small
errors
the
impacts
=
multiplication
1x2x5x3x6x3x4x2
4,320
not little
errors compound
dominos
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I
I
errors trigger
only a
matter of
time
abnormal state
errors cause
_
goal:
really not
good
growth
errors grow
wow that
is big
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
entanglement
not fun
any more
errors tangle
weakness
watch out
now
errors spread
last straw
not big but....
errors accumulate
message sending
thats a lot
of volumes
nothing done
about error
=
volume
volume
volume
volume
volume
volume
volume
volume
saiderrors speak
poor perception
not what
we saw
see
is
errors deceive
attachment
not single?
error
error
error
errorerrorerrorerrorerrorerrorerrorerrorerror
errorerror
error
error
errorerror
error
error
errorerrorerrorerrorerrorerror
errorerrorerror
errors connect
a sign
there are
more!
WHERE are you
fellow errors?
errors group
error
hard to see
errors hide
there you
are
errorerror
not small to
someone else
errors magnify
well that is
different
or
small errors not addressed
are rarely
just small
errors

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The Hidden Impacts of Small Errors