{"id":1964,"slug":"therac-25","name":"Therac-25","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:44:57.797811+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"d6023349-390e-4053-8b6d-33576ea99cb1","slug":"s17e05-unreliable-narrators-palate-cleansers","subject":"s17e05: Unreliable Narrators; Palate Cleansers","title":"Unreliable Narrators; Palate Cleansers","publish_date":"2024-01-12T23:50:12.832014+00:00","year":2024,"month":1,"season":17,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s17e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e05-unreliable-narrators-palate-cleansers/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1789,"context":" … 1]\n\nI’ve written before, lots, about how many, and what kind of <mark>Therac-25</mark>-style deaths would need to happen before the approach to software and liability … ","reading_minutes":9},{"id":"9d80c4d4-ef58-4313-84ad-41438f12e51a","slug":"s11e34-news-you-can-use-the-finocene","subject":"s11e34: News you can use; the Finocene","title":"News you can use; the Finocene","publish_date":"2022-04-15T19:21:01.049396+00:00","year":2022,"month":4,"season":11,"episode":34,"episode_label":"s11e34","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e34-news-you-can-use-the-finocene/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1249,"context":" … in Jail\nto my folder of \"stuff that needs to be taught alongside\n<mark>Therac-25</mark>\n\", i.e. \"computers can kill people, dummy\"\n\nEver since\nQuartz Composer\nI have … ","reading_minutes":6},{"id":"c50ca6d8-a4ee-42a4-83b9-7d56c4ae1cc1","slug":"s09e10-why-not-put-an-rfid-on-everything-and","subject":"s09e10: Why Not Put An RFID On Everything, and Griefing","title":"Why Not Put An RFID On Everything, and Griefing","publish_date":"2021-03-21T23:18:14.705605+00:00","year":2021,"month":3,"season":9,"episode":10,"episode_label":"s09e10","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s09e10-why-not-put-an-rfid-on-everything-and/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1663,"context":" … Yes, but perennial example\n<mark>Therac-25</mark>\n\nMore recently, from October 2019, the peer-reviewed paper in Nature, Millions of black people affected by racial bias in health-care … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"6213f6b3-f25d-457a-81b0-94fa454b642b","slug":"s08e14-they-write-software-that-kills-people-dont","subject":"s08e14: They Write Software That Kills People, Don't They?","title":"They Write Software That Kills People, Don't They?","publish_date":"2020-06-29T20:19:24.985000+00:00","year":2020,"month":6,"season":8,"episode":14,"episode_label":"s08e14","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e14-they-write-software-that-kills-people-dont/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2437,"context":" … 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention\n1.1 They Write Software That Kills People, Don't They?\n<mark>Therac-25</mark> is the shorthand name for a set … ","reading_minutes":12}]}