Whenever Safety presents so called ‘ideas’, ‘slogans’, ‘models’ or ‘thought bubbles’ from so called ‘thought leaders’, make sure you seek out the hidden worldview. No text, model or discourse is neutral or objective. It comes from a worldview, a way of seeing the world. A worldview is also known … [Read more...] about Hey Safety, What’s Your Worldview?
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A Change of Heart and Worldview
The connection between the Heart, Gut and Brain is astounding, which is why in SPoR, we make the concept of One Brain Three Minds (1B3M) (https://safetyrisk.net/gab-and-robone-brain-three-minds/) foundational to understanding decision making. The research on humans as enactive embodied persons is … [Read more...] about A Change of Heart and Worldview
Stepping Outside Your Worldview, Take a Risk
I discovered recently that there is a Hindu Temple (Mandir) 10 minutes from my place. It was constructed in 1995 and I must have driven past it many times but it’s not something for which I was aware. It’s funny like that, the moment we buy a certain car we suddenly can see all the cars like ours on … [Read more...] about Stepping Outside Your Worldview, Take a Risk
Zero as a Worldview
If one observes over time the introduction of zero into Safety and its evolution, one sees the strangest developments (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/zero-the-great-safety-delusion/ ). The use of zero as a language, semiotic, icon, ideology and discourse changes everything. When Zero … [Read more...] about Zero as a Worldview
Can There Be Other Valid Worldviews Than Safety?
Can There Be Other Valid Worldviews Than Safety? This is the challenge worldviews is the challenge of the unknown unknowns. How can I know another worldview, when all I know is my own? Can there be a different view of the world other than the lens I use to see it? Could it be that another worldview … [Read more...] about Can There Be Other Valid Worldviews Than Safety?
Evaluating Value by the Value of What You Don’t Know
You can’t know what you don’t know and so you can only evaluate a value by what you do know, by your worldview/paradigm. However, regardless of that worldview, there are other worldviews that are just as valid. All worldviews compete just as all values compete, for power, within a culture. Unless … [Read more...] about Evaluating Value by the Value of What You Don’t Know
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 Nazi party during WW2. … [Read more...] about Fear of Being-in-the-World
The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence
Following the World Congress on Safety and Health I begin to wonder just how more absurd the safety industry can become. It is clear from the Congress that safety is now the filter through which one views life rather than, life being the filter through which one views safety. When one gets such a … [Read more...] about The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence
The Purpose of Safety
‘The primary task for any organism—the task that must be accomplished before all others—is the preservation of life and the furtherance of conditions for the organism’s growth’ Damasio (2003) Looking for Spinoza, Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain. Damasio begins by observing, in Looking for … [Read more...] about The Purpose of Safety
Starting Points, Worldviews and Risk
The Phenomenology of Perception (Merleau-Ponty) (https://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/?get_group_doc=26/1357000136-PhenomenologyofPerception.pdf) is not easy reading. If one is interested in the phenomena of consciousness, worldviews and ‘being’ then give it a go. Here is an introductory quote for … [Read more...] about Starting Points, Worldviews and Risk