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The Certainty of Uncertainty

September 12, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Certainty of Uncertainty

man with helmet at workI have written recently on the nature of uncertainty (https://safetyrisk.net/radical-uncertainty/) and its relationship to risk. I have also written about a psychosis that accompanies the fear of uncertainty (https://safetyrisk.net/hoarding-as-a-psychosis-against-uncertainty/). The fear of uncertainty can drive a range … Learn more >>>>>

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Filed Under: Covid-19, Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, choice, safety is a choice, uncertainty

Why Safety Isn’t a Choice You Make

November 15, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

imageWe know from child development that everything that is learned by doing becomes committed to body memory. From as young as three months children commit actions to muscle memory and this makes actions fast and efficient. When an action becomes a ritual, repetitive, routine and … Learn more >>>>>

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Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: choice, safety is a choice, STEM

The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

December 14, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

safety is a choiceThe simplistic worldview about choice plagues the safety industry into the nonsense slogan ‘safety is a choice you make’. The delusion centres around an inability to consider the complexity of life and the many things one has no … Learn more >>>>>

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No Choice, No Say

August 7, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Choice, No Say

imageOne of the great loves of Dumb Down Safety is guilt, binary attribution and projection of deficit views of risk and safety. Unless the curriculum of WHS moves ahead in transdisciplinary way (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/ ), it is not likely that much will change.

There is no … Learn more >>>>>

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Who is Responsible?

October 15, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Who is Responsible?

Safety in the workplaceThis is the question that consumes safety and it most often leads to blame, finding fault and superiority. This is evident in the language of the ‘safety is a choice’ discourse ( Safety Is Not Just a Choice , Safety Is a … Learn more >>>>>

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