You can pretty much believe anything you want these days. No evidence is needed to believe in the divinity of Donald Trump when you are in the MAGA cult . The MAGA cult is no different than any other cult. And, the outcomes will be much the same (Understanding Cults and Religions). Beliefs and … [Read more...] about Building Belief and Networks of Belief in Safety
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How to Escape the Safety=Zero Cult
There is little doubt that Safety=Zero is a cult (https://safetyrisk.net/the-cult-ure-of-zero/). As I looked at the documentary Escaping Utopia (documenting the Gloryvale cult in NZ (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/escaping-utopia) I saw such similarities in the Indoctrination of … [Read more...] about How to Escape the Safety=Zero Cult
The Cult-ure of Zero
The Cult-ure of Zero Defining a cult is challenging but in most popular usage is associated with ‘brainwashing’, cultic practices, binary dogma and unusual beliefs. Richardson has a good definition of a cult as: ‘a group that has beliefs and/or practices that are counter to those of the dominant … [Read more...] about The Cult-ure of Zero
The Spirit of Zero
The Spirit of Zero It is always a fascination to watch engineering and safety science immerse itself deeply into the life of sacred practice and salvation theology. Of course neither discipline has knowledge of religious studies or theology and doesn’t know just how religious it has become. Only a … [Read more...] about The Spirit of Zero
The Cult of Opinion in Risk and Safety
The Cult of Opinion in Risk and Safety Andrew Keen (2007, The Cult of the Amateur) describes the noise, ‘digital narcissism’ and the cacophony of social media as deafening the perception of people towards the voices of informed experts and professionals. People are so busy broadcasting themselves … [Read more...] about The Cult of Opinion in Risk and Safety