Top 10 Most Expensive Mistakes in History

Top 10 Most Expensive Mistakes in History

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What are the Most Expensive Mistakes in History?
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What were the most expensive mistakes people did in history?
What was the most expensive mistake in human history?

00:00 - Intro
00:41 - The time France ordered trains that were too big and cost an extra 50 million euros
01:25 - The time a plant operator mis-read the signs and let the Three-Mile-Island Nuclear reactor meltdown and cost $1 billion to clean up
02:41 - The time a satellite programmer got it wrong, and it cost $500 million
03:28 - The time a ship’s captain hit a giant iceberg and sank a ship worth $175 million
04:07 - The time a dumped hard drive cost 7,500 bitcoins
05:16 - The time a lost hunter started a fire that cost $1.2billion
06:06 - The time a typo cost Mizuho Securities $225 million
06:50 - The time a communication error on an oil rig cost $3.4 billion to repair
07:31 - The time Mercedes Benz tried to merge with Chrysler and lost $13 billion instead
07:58 - The time when Russia sold Alaska for $7.2million and lost $200 billion in energy reserves
08:38 - Question

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[alux]

Hello Aluxers! What is the most expensive mistake you have ever made?

[codingiscreativity]

My biggest mistake was loving my narcissistic mother and brother and I could do anything to make money just to make those lazy irresponsible people happy, costs my life. To find out your own blood family is using you for money is like a death.

[Je.rone_]

Not investing the thousands of dollars i saved up when i was 16-20 is my most expensive mistake to date

[jamaicaguru]

Elon musk failures alone could fill this list

[Kenji_I-citroenzx]

Oh, yes, big banks in Japan made a lot of mistakes... very informative ...

[Nathan-lsxt]

What about Jan-Feb 2020, when world leaders sat on their hands during the COVID outbreak?

What are the costs to date of these losses?

Considering how quickly we managed to react to SARS often leaves me wondering how much of this was allowed to happen...

[grahamturner]

Reactions to the mistakes mentioned:
1: How did they not check the size of the trains beforehand? Wouldn't the company making the trains state the size beforehand?
2: Is that even the most expensive disaster? Wasn't Chernobyl handled much worse than Three-Mile-Island?
3: I knew there was one disaster that was caused by conversion errors. I didn't know about that one.
4: I expected it to be the Titanic, and it was.
5: I knew of that one already. However, with those mistakes, it take years to realize that it was a mistake.
6: Oof. It's not like fires are common in California nowadays.
7: That was one massive typo. Hopefully it was fixed later on, or at least the company recovered.
8: Yeah. When I was in Student Council at my high school, the sponsor always put emphasis on communication, and for good reason, even though we only deal with money in the thousands of dollars at most.
9: How did Chrysler lose that much money in those 9 years?
10: There's a lot of hindsight bias in that one. However, crude oil was a new industry and it was only in America. At the time, the Russians didn't have much use for Alaska, but didn't want the British to get their hands on it, so they decided to sell it to America, as it was the next best thing. And only the southern parts of Alaska were inhabited by Russians, and only a few thousand lived there.
Bonus Question: Not sure. I'm only 18.

[highliving-animatedvideos]

Why is divorce so expensive?

Because it’s worth it.

[bjames]

My most expensive mistake so far was getting married by far.

[MINDFORMS]

The most expensive mistake was the creation of the federal reserve

[thinkbooth]

You learn only from your mistakes and failures. Don't let your failures weigh you down. Surround yourself with people who will lift you higher. Have a great day.

[Kenji_I-citroenzx]

Hello, Alux members,
In the future, please make "Most expensive mistakes by Japanese companies" (example : failure of SANYO / failure of Nissan (battle with Renault) / failure of Toshiba ... )
We want to learn a lot from those mistakes...

[thoughtoftheday]

Do not be completely transparent with your partner, it will be the most expensive mistake in your life 😬

[sum]

My marriage is most expensive mistake.. I lost time n money n was also belittled, lost my peace ...

[ImYenaChoi]

In my early 20s, I bought a beat up Nissan Sentra from a shady Craigslist. I was not the brightest nor did I know anything about cars. Left the lot without calling insurance. Less than an hour engine started to steam, I pulled over and got the hell out of the car. The engine itself caught on fire.

That was a 742 dollar mistake for one hour or less of driving. I guess not that bad in the grand scheme of things.

[MillionaireMindsetClub]

Hope whoever is reading this accomplishes financial FREEDOM, wealth, and is blessed with true happiness!

[hugh]

Well over 75 years I have made some costly mistakes! I guess the BIGGEST was forgetting to renew my annual Nikon network marketing fee of $45 costing me at least $1, 000, 000!

[marinebornandbred]

My biggest mistake was listening to Dave Ramsey’s advice on investing.

[jealva]

This list in 20 years:
The largest mistake: When the U.S. agreed to the Paris Climate Accord while China ignored it and went on to become the largest economy while the U.S. experienced weekly blackouts due to a lack of fossil fuels.

[ilkerYT]

2:24 Reactor did not relase gases to the wild it has an Confinement Shell "Containment Building" that avoids that and the indicator wasnt even in the same room as the control room...