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In an era where internet outages and cloud failures can mask real-world collapse, the open-source Heartbeat-Sentinel project uses a Raspberry Pi and software-defined radio to monitor physics-based signals like power grids, air traffic, and cellular beacons. This system detects if civilization is truly functioning—without relying on the brittle internet—offering a lifeline for edge resilience. It’s a provocative blend of hardware hacking, anomaly detection, and ethical engineering that forces developers to confront technological fragility.

Lorin Hochstein argues that unlike nuclear energy's Three Mile Island disaster, software systems will never experience a single catastrophic failure that forces fundamental safety reforms. Instead, the tech industry explains away complex failures through oversimplified root causes, preventing the cognitive dissonance needed to prioritize human performance in critical systems.