Operator's war story: trusting a deputy to take a critical system offline mid-flight
mclynd · x · 2026-11-05
Second post in the thread: the author recalls being on a Wi-Fi-less plane during an incident years ago, when his deputy had to decide alone whether to take a critical system offline. He trusted him because he never faked certainty — he made the call and owned it. The anecdote grounds the thread's analogy about delegating authority to AI agents.
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