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    Everyone's always on the lookout for the weakest link, but what about all the other hardworking connections that keep their chains, fabrics, infrastructures and societies up and running? Invisible and taken for granted, as usual, just like every piece of support equipment and the professionals who optimize and maintain them. Only immediate crises or laughably overdue problems get attention.
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