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Stupid Safe

I was talking to an engineer friend the other day, and she mentioned that her engineer husband is familiar with the old saw, "Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious."  So, he doesn't try to make his hardware/software foolproof; he tries to make it "stupid safe."

I love that phrase! Can we pass it around until it becomes viral, so that in six months or a year everyone who makes hardware or software or ladders or power drills talks about "stupid safing" their product? Let's go!