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SCOUT· 25%33m·2021-05-21·HistoryWrong Tools Cost Lives
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 13
The British Government promised to create a "world-beating" system to track deadly Covid 19 infections - but it included an outdated version of the off-the-shelf spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel. The result was disastrous. When under pressure or lacking in expertise we can all be tempted to use a tool unsuitable…
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