Biosemiotics is the idea that life is based on semiosis, i.e., on signs, symbols and codes. Biosemiotics is the study of signs in living systems. In ecological life there is a ’thinking’ dynamic or ‘force’ that drives everything from the construction of a snowflake to the formation of a hurricane. … Learn more >>>>>
Unconscious
The Rational, aRational and Irrational in Safety
Safety seems to avoid the most important things when thinking about tackling risk. There seems to be no interest in safety in the nature of the human unconscious nor any interest in anything outside of a narrow worldview that constructs humans-as-brains-on-bodies and cognition as brain-work. The assumptions of materialist behaviourism … Learn more >>>>>
How Workers Really Make Decisions
How Workers Really Make Decisions
Latest video by Dr Rob Long as a follow up to his previous article: How Do Workers Make Decisions?
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I’m asked many, many times this question: “how do workers make decisions?” And, I decided I’ll answer that with a brief … Learn more >>>>>
How Do Workers Make Decisions?
How Do Workers Make Decisions?
This is the question on the tongue of Safety but has no idea of an answer.
I saw a video recently about ‘predicting behaviour in safety’. This was a slick piece of multimedia that probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with executives speaking and … Learn more >>>>>
Brain-Centredness and Occular-Centredness in Risk
Brain-Centredness and Occular-Centredness in Risk
Such a small amount of what we ‘see’ is processed through the eyes and brain indeed, this amounts to less than 5% of all ways in which we sense the world and make decisions. The idea that humans make decisions like a computer is completely … Learn more >>>>>
