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Compare and contrast with the Swiss cheese model [1].

There's not enough cross-domain awareness and discussion of such quips that approximate useful and widely-applicable mental models.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model

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The Swiss cheese model applies for redundant checks, the Anna Karerina principle applies for cumulative checks. Or, if you get success if any of your components works, you get the Swiss cheese model, if you get success only if all your components work, you get the Anna Karerina principle.

It's the same model if you are trying to get through the cheese.

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