Shock and Fear in Safety
There is a naïve belief in the safety industry that shocking people and the dynamics of fear are effective. We see this in the many ‘horror’ photos and clips in the sector as well as … Read the rest
Shock and Fear in Safety
The Psychic Effect of Safety
The Psychic Effect of Safety and What to Do About It
One of the flow on effects of the politics of Safety is unconscious fear. I met a host of officials in safety associations recently and was overcome with the … Read the rest
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Fear of Being-in-the-World
Fear of Being-in-the-World
One of the valuable contributions of the philosophy of phenomenology is the concept of Dasein. Dasein is German for ‘being-in-the-world’ articulated by Martin Heidegger . Heidegger is a controversial philosopher because of his complicity with the … Read the rest
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Short-sighted Safety
Short-sighted Safety
There is nothing more debilitating to human ‘being’ than hyper-fear, hyper-risk aversion and hyper-safety. Hyper-fear and hyper-risk aversion is the outcome of blind safety and ignorance.
I was contacted by a person who is a parent at a … Read the rest
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The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear
The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear
One of the clear messages in the Netflix series House of Cards is the Fear of Power and the Power of Fear. The House of Cards series exemplifies what happens … Read the rest
