Hubris

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Why do you think we're so shocked when machines fail on us?
When cars break down? When light bulbs stop working? When our computer crashes?
We know it's a possibility.
Nothing created by man is 100%  guaranteed to work.
So why are we shocked, when it doesn't?
Maybe it's the "couldn't be me" attitude we tend to have.
Things happen, but not to me.
To other people.
Accidents happen. We just never expect to get in on.
Cancer diagnoses are given out every day by the hundreds, yet, we never expect to hear those words.
Why do we believe we can remain untouched?

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