I saw a blog about travelling with boat buddies indicating that groupthink could lead to minimizing dangers, which was a reason to not rely on the boat buddy system. Made me think of the Covid-conscious community and how a bunch of us would probably be decent boat buddies.
@thatkatharine@ohai.social Reminds me here's a whole science of this, used by air and boat crews to minimize cognitive traps and take human factors into account. One of the better known parts is the Swiss Cheese model.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model
en.m.wikipedia.orgSwiss cheese model - Wikipedia