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November 4, 2015November 4, 2015

What is Your Risk iCue?

What is Your Risk iCue? When we think of the concept of intelligence we often think of a person’s IQ. The idea of an Intelligence Quotient is not reliable and only tests certain selected forms of literacy constrained by cultural… Read the rest

October 21, 2015October 23, 2015

Safety Utopia as Abuse

Safety Utopia as Abuse Hugh Mackay (the Good Life) writes about helicopter parenting as a form of abuse. He calls the delusional quest for perfection ‘the Utopia Complex’. More and more research is showing that the Utopia Complex projects a… Read the rest

September 14, 2015February 20, 2017

Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process

Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process By Dr Rob Long We should all know that the assessment of risk is a subjective process, determined by hundreds of social and psychological factors. The idea that risk assessment is a rational… Read the rest

February 17, 2015April 16, 2017

Is Safety the Empire of Non-Sense?

Is Safety the Empire of Non-Sense? They say that the repetition of something makes people confirm that it is true. Is the case with safety discourse? As this blog site looks at the power and rule of the empire of… Read the rest

February 4, 2015February 6, 2015

It’s Official–Kids Should not be Wrapped in Cotton Wool

As reported in the UK Daily Telegraph, the head of the UK Health and Safety Executive, Judith Hackitt, has publicly stated that kids must be allowed to learn about risk in order to lead a normal life and be less… Read the rest