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by hef19898 1794 days ago
Reminds me of a documentary on the flood gates at the Port of Rotterdam. They are operated automatically, humans cannot trigger them (if memory serves well). Reasoning was, that operators live nearby and might tend to close them too soon and too often. Now you have to trust the system to have a proper balance between keeping the port open and protecting communities. Up to now the Rotterdam system seems to work reasonably well so.
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And nobody needs to be worried about being fired for closing them 'for nothing'.
Exactly.