DOUBLE BILL: When A Plague Struck World Of Warcraft/Blood On The Tracks Cautionary Tales With Tim Harford podcast

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DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks

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As a special New Year treat we're presenting two Cautionary Tales Shorts - which have previously only been available to paying Apple and Pushkin+ subscribers.

When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft: The makers of WoW wanted to spice up the fantasy computer game by introducing a virtual disease - "Corrupted Blood". It was supposed to be a fun challenge for expert player - but the illness became a pandemic which wiped out villages, cities and then whole realms.

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Blood on the Tracks: The signalmen running a busy stretch of railroad on the Scottish border had to adhere to strict rules to prevent crashes - but did those regulations fail to take into account human nature? Despite all the logbooks, alarm bells, levers and regulations, the signalmen didn't seem to notice a packed troop train barrelling towards them.

For a full list of sources go to timharford.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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138 episoder

#Pushkin Industries #History #Society

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DOUBLE BILL: When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft/Blood on the Tracks

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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published 1+ y ago

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MP3•Episod hem

Innehåll tillhandahållet av Pushkin Industries. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Pushkin Industries eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.

As a special New Year treat we're presenting two Cautionary Tales Shorts - which have previously only been available to paying Apple and Pushkin+ subscribers.

When a Plague Struck World of Warcraft: The makers of WoW wanted to spice up the fantasy computer game by introducing a virtual disease - "Corrupted Blood". It was supposed to be a fun challenge for expert player - but the illness became a pandemic which wiped out villages, cities and then whole realms.

AND

Blood on the Tracks: The signalmen running a busy stretch of railroad on the Scottish border had to adhere to strict rules to prevent crashes - but did those regulations fail to take into account human nature? Despite all the logbooks, alarm bells, levers and regulations, the signalmen didn't seem to notice a packed troop train barrelling towards them.

For a full list of sources go to timharford.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

… continue reading

138 episoder

#Pushkin Industries #History #Society

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