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The Dukono tragedy is about gaps in safety, not reckless hikers

The Dukono tragedy shows that while social media has popularised many destinations in Indonesia, the safety infrastructure has not kept pace.

The hikers were doing what human beings have always done, reaching toward the edges of their world to feel something real, says the writer.

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