Please join us today for this year's Arthur Miller Lecture on
Science and Ethics. Our speaker is Charles Perrow, author of Normal
Accidents. His most recent book (and the title for Monday's talk) is
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural,
Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters (Princeton University Press).
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to
Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters
Charles Perrow
Research Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Yale University
4:00 pm, MIT, Bartos Theater (E15-lower level)
reception will immediately follow lecture
Abstract:
Our organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security are
not up to the mounting threats of natural, industrial, and terrorist
disasters, and never will be. Perrow argues that the ethical course
is to reduce the size of targets for these threats. We should
deconcentrate populations in highly risky areas, deconcentrate the
hazardous materials in our populated areas, and deconcentrate the
powerful corporations that sit astride our critical infrastructure.
The talk is free and open to the public; the location is wheelchair
accessible. Location on the MIT campus is near the Kendall/MIT stop
on the RedLine. To view campus map with location of building E15:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E15
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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