I wonder what you have learned during Covid-19? Many people are talking about what they have ‘learned’ under Covid and that’s great. It’s good to hear people talk about appreciation of others, realisations about isolation, struggles with sameness, boredom and challenges in resilience. It’s fantastic to see appreciation for service professions like teachers, social workers, […]
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New Year Safety Trade-Offs and By-Products
New Year Safety Trade-Offs and By-Products Hassan Vally introduces us to the concept of ‘microlives’ (http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8223) which attempts to measure the life value of directions taken in life. For example: every hour of TV on the couch adds up to 15 minutes off your life whereas a daily serve of vegetables adds a couple of […]
The Mossie Coil and Safety
The Mossie Coil and Safety The concept of by-products and trade-offs ought to be mandatory in any safety training. The naïve idea that policy decisions and safety decisions are neutral is nonsense. As humans live as social beings there can be no decision in risk that is made without implications, consequences or impact on others. […]
Safety Gone Mad
Safety Gone Mad This is what happens when people have too much power and authority, no idea about discerning risk or any concept of the by-products of just banning things for ‘safety reasons’. See Rob Longs recent article: The Safety Worldview. This is going straight to our HOT TOASTER PAGE As if there aren’t a […]
Real Safety Pro’s (and Cons)
Real Safety Pro’s (and Cons) – Safety Strikes Again! Following on from two recent and surprisingly popular articles – You’ve Just Got To Love Safety and Porn Safety (safe for work), I was sent a story this morning from the www.telegraph.co.uk (I promised not to blame them if I wrote a blog about it!): Working […]
