React safeRender HoC

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# React `safeRender` higher-order component

## Common error
attempting to access properties on `null` or `undefined` values causes internal server errors, breaks entire site

## Prior solutions
1. defensive programming using idioms like `object && object.value1 && object.value1.value2` and lodash's `prop(object, 'value1.value2')`

2. Ensure data validity and correctness in falcon, etc.

Problem with 1: no errors are thrown, need to rely on humans in some cases to notice something wrong with frontend.

Problem with 2: this is good approach, but it is a longer term project and guranteeing we catch all cases is difficult, to say the least.