- published: 07 Jun 2016
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Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
Thomas J. Watson is attributed with saying "If you want to succeed, double your failure rate". Wired Magazine editor Kevin Kelly likewise explains that a great deal can be learned from things going unexpectedly, and that part of science's success comes from keeping blunders "small, manageable, constant, and trackable". He uses the example of engineers and programmers who push systems to their limits, breaking them to learn about them. Kelly also warns against creating a culture (e.g. school system) that punishes failure harshly, because this inhibits a creative process, and risks teaching people not to communicate important failures with others (e.g. Null results).
The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might be considered a success by another, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a failure, another might consider to be a success, a qualified success or a neutral situation.
If I said Maya build it up, she would make it high enough
Let it show, let is show.
Oh how we heard our hearts, and the sound was loud enough
Let it go, let it go.
The saintly disguise we wore when we were young
That look in your eyes, never regret what we've done
Your epic fails. Set them on fire (on fire)
All your betrayals. Set them on fire, on fire
Come with me and run away. Choices in your mind
Oh joy and chaos. Set them on fire, on fire
Thought I was closer to your heart.
I would never be without, never no never no
If I had played a better part, would it have been enough
Started a riot the day that you left, I found fame (for all)
Screaming in lights sirens still spell out your name (like fire)
Your epic fails. Set them on fire (on fire)
All your betrayals. Set them on fire, on fire
Come with me and run away. Choices in your mind
Oh joy and chaos. Set them on fire, on fire
Screaming in lights sirens still spell out your name (like fire)
Your epic fails. Set them on fire (on fire)
All your betrayals. Set them on fire, on fire
Come with me and run away. Choices in your mind