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Information, teamwork,  organizational structures and political decisions play a crucial role in determining  how well a technological system as a whole functions. The “Human-tech ladder” sets  this out in more detail, and also provides the structure for the rest of the book.  Design should begin by understanding a human or societal need, and then tailoring  the technology to reflect what we know about human nature at the physical, psychological,  team, organizational and political levels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Vicente offers a host of examples  of technology relating to human needs poorly and well at each level. The physical  is perhaps easiest to understand: a toothbrush that fits into hard to reach parts  of the human mouth is better tailored to the human body than one that cannot. At  the psychological level, technology has to take into account how people process and  remember information, whether in designing voicemail systems or airport baggage checks.  Poor Human-tech can be devastating. For example, awkwardly placed and uninformative  gauges in the design of the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station  left even highly trained engineers uncertain as to the status of the reactor, contributing  to the infamous accident there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the team level, the Cockpit Resource Management  system is a way of training pilots to communicate and share responsibilities effectively.  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At  the Philadelphia Children’s hospital, the Human-tech solution is a system which encourages  staff to make full reports on near-misses, and asks them to tell managers about potential  dangers so that the hospital as a whole can institute protective measures. This \u003ci\u003ecritical  incident technique\u003c\/i\u003e led to a 90% reduction in medical mistakes at the hospital.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The  final level of human nature which \u003ci\u003eThe Human Factor \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses is the political. Here,  a Human-tech shows us that when political elements -- laws, funding, regulations  -- ignore what we know about human nature, dangers arise. In the case of the E. coli  tragedy in Walkerton, Ontario, Kim Vicente uncovers a host of “system design” elements  at the political level -- policy aims, legal regulations, budget allocations -- which  interacted with environmental factors and staff incompetence to kill seven people  and make thousands of others sick.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn conclusion, Kim Vicente feels that our civilization  is at a crossroads: we have to change our relationship with technology to bring an  end to technology-induced death and destruction, and start to improve the lives of  everyone on the planet. The final chapter of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Factor \u003c\/i\u003esets out the ways we  can regain control of our lives. As consumers, we can recognize and distinguish better  designed products, and buy the more Human-tech ones. By participating actively in  society we can remind people that ignoring the human factor, as happened at Walkerton,  has terrible implications. 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