I think anyone of sufficient intelligence can devise an argument to frame anything in life-and-death terms.
Doesn't error tolerance promote developer habits that could lead to complete downtime? During which lives could be lost? Don't our current standards result in more churn of physical hardware? Which winds up in garbage dumps in poor countries? On fire, with toxic fumes? Being picked over by labourers, breathing it in? And losing their lives early?
Doesn't error tolerance promote developer habits that could lead to complete downtime? During which lives could be lost? Don't our current standards result in more churn of physical hardware? Which winds up in garbage dumps in poor countries? On fire, with toxic fumes? Being picked over by labourers, breathing it in? And losing their lives early?