We systematically edit weak signals when those signals conflict with preferred momentum. Morton Thiokol saw it clearly enough to plead against launch the night before. NASA had lost its capacity to metabolize that knowledge.
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
We systematically edit weak signals when those signals conflict with preferred momentum. Morton Thiokol saw it clearly enough to plead against launch the night before. NASA had lost its capacity to metabolize that knowledge.
Normalization of Deviance: NASA didn't fail through negligence or villainy but through a slow, incremental process where each small anomaly became the new acceptable baseline. Erosion of material happened and nothing catastrophic resulted, so it became
"normal."
"normal."
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Normalization of Deviance: NASA didn't fail through negligence or villainy but through a slow, incremental process where each small anomaly became the new acceptable baseline. Erosion of material happened and nothing catastrophic resulted, so it became
"normal."
"normal."