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Does John Law's 1987 paper itself (or a citation record) confirm he coined "heterogeneous engineering," correcting the vault's earlier misattribution to Donald MacKenzie?

question answered 2026-09-13 · heterogeneous-engineering, john-law, donald-mackenzie, unverified-priority, primary-source-needed
Does a direct read of Charles Perrow's 1984 Normal Accidents confirm Williams & Yampolskiy's summary of Normal Accident Theory?

question open 2026-09-13 · normal-accident-theory, charles-perrow, unverified-secondary-citation, primary-source-needed