Everyone Got Safer. That's the Problem. Safety has two numbers: how often each system fails, and whether they fail together. The field has spent years driving the first one down while almost no dashboard reports the second. Proof & Trust 2026·08·28 · 12 min Residual failure correlation
Call it residual failure correlation. Once you have driven down how often each system fails, the risk that is left lives in how much their failures move together.
Published 28 August 2026 in Everyone Got Safer. That's the Problem.
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