Comment by taylorius

"When you ask for redundancy, it's important to think about what kind of redundancy you want, and who it serves."

Well, of course that's the case. Though I must say, none of the things you listed sound like redundancy to me. They sound like an illustration of the fact that a complex system has a lot of ways to fail, and the result of a certain action can be hard to predict.

The article doesn't really drive at this though - it seems focused on irresponsible use of resources. TBH the article's whole thesis strikes me as a bit weird.