How the Ideology of Zero Destroys Learning in Risk

I read recently about what Zero is doing to recreational enjoyment in New Zealand. This is the lunacy of the absolute of Zero. This is the nonsense you get from the delusion of absolute-safety (Amalberti) and the quest for zero (Taleb). The quest for absolute safety simply makes the populace more fragile to risk.

The quest for absolute safety results in the fear of risk, the abolition of learning and the destruction of risk.

There can be no learning without risk.

The only way to become risk intelligent is to take risks.

Zero-risk is the outcome of zero ideology (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/zero-the-great-safety-delusion/).

This is what you get from the moronic idea that safety people ARE safety and ‘safety is life’ (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-is-not-your-life/).

This kind of mental health disorder that cycles through the safety industry on Linkedin and all the safety goons applaud.

This is what you get when you speak the impossible and nonsense to people (https://safetyrisk.net/believe-the-impossible-and-speak-nonsense-to-people/).

This article from New Zealand shows what zero ideology has done to our society and culture. Read what the report states:

‘ambiguities in the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 have seen an erosion of access, as landowners protect themselves from culpability A coalition of 12 outdoor associations says recreational activities should be clearly separated from workplace health and safety legislation’.

‘Workplace Relations and Safety Minister says New Zealanders “rightly frustrated with aspects of the health and safety system’.

When safety=zero (https://safetyrisk.net/safetyzero-culture/) then any risk is deemed bad. When injury counting defines safety and, when Safety fills its head with the nonsense of Heinrich, risk becomes the enemy of human ‘being’.

When Safety=Zero then safety becomes the enemy of learning.

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Dr Rob Long

Expert in Social Psychology, Principal & Trainer at Human Dymensions

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PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise across a range of sectors including government, education, corporate, industry and community sectors over 30 years. Rob has worked at all levels of the education and training sector including serving on various post graduate executive, post graduate supervision, post graduate course design and implementation programs.