On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > After the accident, a memo surfaced saying, "we should worry about the > possibility of a large tsunami." In other words, someone foresaw the > problem. An expert interviewed on NHK talked about this. He said: "You will > always find a memo. We looked into everything; we thought about every > possible scenario. If you were to try to eliminate every threat in a > project like this, the plant would never be built." I sympathize with that > point of view. Technology always carries some risk. > > We cannot be paralyzed into inaction by fear. In this case, it turned out > the risk was much larger than anyone anticipated. (Anyone including me -- > not that I'm an expert.) That is tragic but it cannot be helped, and I do > not think we should go around looking for a scapegoat to blame it on. > > - Jed > > << We cannot be paralyzed into inaction by fear>> Should we be pushed into action by greed masquerading as the need for economic growth? harry
