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Right, but you're not running a data center or factory.

Individually, unless you're in very harsh climates, the safety margin for normal operations is huge. But that's not the case for complex systems. You can't simply shut down a data center for a week without turning it from a data center into some expensive building that currently provides zero value.

Society relies on reliability. By extension, so do you, because without reliability in factories, there won't be solar modules, batteries and all the fancy gadgets being produced. Individually, you can easily survive a few days without power, or without food for that matter. But on a society level, that's a very different story.



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