What can we learn from the semiotics of the Coronavirus crisis? Semiotics is the study of signs and symbol systems and how they emerge from and penetrate the human unconscious. Semiosis is the study of how these symbols systems/myths create meaning and their significance for human being/living. The … [Read more...] about The Semiotics of COVID-19 and the Social Amplification of Risk
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Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19
Working From Home Safety Tips – Coronavirus https://safetyrisk.net/covid-19-work-from-home-safety-checklists-and-risk-assessments/ Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming compulsory (furloughed) in the wake of social isolation due to the COVID-19 virus spread. I’ve done it for years … [Read more...] about Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19
Are the Cracks in Orthodox Safety Becoming Chasms?
Are the Cracks in Orthodox Safety Becoming Chasms? My Worldview As with all the things I write and talk about, this comes through my own worldview, which is a social psychological one. I believe that we are fundamentally connected and social creatures, and almost everything depends on … [Read more...] about Are the Cracks in Orthodox Safety Becoming Chasms?
Covid-19 and the Hierarchy of Control
Safety Crusaders the world over are congratulating each other, and feeling very relevant for finding a way to adapt their favourite, overly simplistic model to controlling the spread of Covid-19. As we all know, “The primary cause of incidents is unsafe behaviour” – just what we need to hear during … [Read more...] about Covid-19 and the Hierarchy of Control
On Confinement
Thanks to Rob Long for sharing this article from https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/on-confinement/ . A great read for all those furloughed at the moment and perhaps feeling like you are missing out on something: At some point in the 1650s, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise … [Read more...] about On Confinement
The Common Sense Fallacy
We hear it all the time, this call for ‘common sense’: · https://www.examiner.com.au/story/6690707/time-for-common-sense-approach-to-covid-19/ · https://www.newsport.com.au/2020/march/coronavirus-facts-common-sense-and-compliance/ · … [Read more...] about The Common Sense Fallacy
Paying the Price for the Pooling of Ignorance
One of the rewards of ‘dumb down’in post social media age is the rewarding of ignorance, conspiracy theories, armchair experts and lunacy. Amazing what one can learn on the back of a postage stamp. Kakutani calls this the ‘Death of Truth, Hedges The ‘Empire of Illusion’, Carr ‘The shallows’ Nichols … [Read more...] about Paying the Price for the Pooling of Ignorance