Critical Update

Sometimes, in my awesome job, I think there’s a slight shift in perspective that may lead us to lose our grips with reality. For example, let’s consider a “critical” situation:

1. The plane that you’re on is about to crash - critical.
2. You go to a bank to withdraw some money and a masked man holds you up at gunpoint - critical.
3. You are about to die - critical.
4. A website is about to go live with some CSS bugs - critical.

Let me illustrate with a further example of a “complication”:

1. A man who needs cardiac surgery goes into hospital and comes out with a liver transplant - complication.
2. You launch a nuclear missile, it’s recalled but you’ve forgotten the launch code - complication.
3. You find out that your sister is actually your mother - complication.
4. A website is about to go live with some CSS bugs - complication.

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