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Tip to Joe Greenlight for a great article about how (among other things) Japanese and Americans view (and cause) train disasters. He takes the long view.

When I board a plane, I am generally confident it will get me there in one piece, but hey, shit happens. And I'll accept that inept, poorly-trained, sleepy or even drunken pilots (or air traffic controllers) are to blame for such misfortunes. But as cut-throat as the airline industry can be, the actual flying of the plane is no place to flex competitive muscle by cranking it up a few m.p.h. (Besides, in the case of Amtrak, lack of competition and being on the government dole doesn't seem to make it a better rail service.)

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