Status Updates From La Stratégie de la boîte noire

"It is possible to make significant progress against the biggest problem in the world through the accumulation of a set of small steps, each well thought out, carefully tested, and judiciously implemented." - Esther Duflo

The start of the book stresses the importance of accepting and learning from failure - which is cool, but this chapter focuses on the fact that failure is everywhere.

- Example: Beyond scared straight programme. Seems logical, but actually ineffective at preventing crime. Only way to find was a random control sample test, not ignoring missing responses.