Why do we make mistakes? Are there certain errors common to failure whether in a complex enterprise or daily life? In this truly indispensable book Dietrich Doerner identifies what he calls the logic of failurecertain tendencies in our patterns of thought that while appropriate to an older simpler world prove disastrous for the complex world we live in now Working with imaginative & often hilarious computer simulations he analyzes the roots of catastrophe showing city planners in the very act of creating gridlock & disaster or public health authorities setting the scene for starvation The Logic of Failure is a compass for intelligent planning & decision-making that can sharpen the skills of managers policymakers & everyone involved in the daily challenge of getting from point A to point B