No Ethic of Hope in Zero The denial of fallibility in the language of zero offers no hope for fallible human beings. Hope is much more than a concept of wishing, naïve optimism nor some unrealistic sense of desire. Hope is always about the unknown future and therefore should be understood as messianically, prophetically, transcendently […]
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Another brick in the wall
Another brick in the wall An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern Tony Benn 1 Almost all education has a political motive, which promotes national, religious or social group interests at the expense of its detractors. It determines the subjects taught, the knowledge provided or suppressed and the customs and conventions students […]
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Zero Vision but Purchase Insurance
Zero Vision but Purchase Insurance One of the realities of maturity in fallibility is understanding finiteness, vulnerability and risk. The profession of infallibility is a sign of a mental health problem. It’s because we don’t talk non-sense to ourselves that we purchase insurance. It’s because we know human life is random and not in our […]
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Zero Harm – Just Imagine
Zero Harm – Just Imagine Just imagine a world where no one is harmed at work. Imagine Utopia where no one skins a knee riding a bike, no one cuts their hand with a Stanley knife, no one falls over in the shower and no one gets dust in their eye on a windy day. […]
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Fallibility and Risk–Free Download of Dr Long’s Latest Book
Fallibility and Risk – Book Seven Free Download Big News. Dr Long has just completed book seven in his series on risk and is offering his latest book Fallibility and Risk, Living With Uncertainty as a free download. To receive this 160 page book with full colour graphics and illustrations, all you have to do […]
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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 […]
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The Idealization of Humans and The Zero Delusion
The Idealization of Humans and The Zero Delusion The emergence of the Harvey Weinstein affair draws out the problem of idealization and the delusion of perfection. We all know that as children we believe our parents are perfect until we mature and grow up. We witness all the time the destructive media preoccupation about the […]
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Nonsense Goals and Language on Display
Nonsense Goals and Language on Display One of the things that Safety does best is speak meaningless language and create reverse goals. When one defines safety numerically and then makes up binary nonsense language to match, it makes for pretty stupid rhetoric. There is nothing more absurd than setting a goal and then counting the […]
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Why is fallibility so challenging in the workplace?
Why is fallibility so challenging in the workplace? First article by Zoe Koskinas – I am sure she would appreciate some support and feedback. This article has also been published HERE In a perfect world accidents do not happen, people do not make mistakes, and humans do not suffer- but we do not live in […]
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And the Dirty Word is – Fallibility!
And the Dirty Word is – Fallibility! Every time I drive past one of these signs I just wonder what kind of mental gymnastics people (usually GMs and CEOs) have to tolerate when they tackle the realities of morality and fallibility. The psychosis of denial is mind blowing. Here we have a sign and related […]
