If we agree we are just fallible, if
we accept that we just operate in autopilot most of the time, if we think we
only learn best by trial and error, if we express hindsight as being stupid for
determining risk, if we say measuring history to gauge the future is nonsense,
if promoting thinking in grey is better than binary thinking, if telling
everyone that making hard choices is dangerous, if wanting everyone to be loose
on rules is the way forward, if thinking we can learn to think unconsciously is
the answer, if telling everyone to unlearn all that we know about safety, if
telling people we can know how to adapt to the
unexpected/unforeseen/unpredicted will protect us, if advertising to all that
planning for the unknown is key to safety, and that safety is a wicked problem
that cannot be solved, then we are screwed in safety and you might as well pack
it up.
I
have seen experts try and allude to us that being cynical, sceptical,
pessimistic is toxic, that the very act of cynicism hides behind undisclosed
values as only they can discern what is true or not. That this sort of thinking
they say is a psychological disposition, and that because its listed in the DSM as a
neurosis it must exist...WELL...I am skeptical to all this. I would rather be all these things ten times
over than believe in the bullshit spun by some people trying to tell/sell us
the next silver bullet. I am optimistic that we could fix safety but as our species cannot work together and that people will push their own agendas, safety won't be solved. I would rather be a realist than live in an unconscious
state of unawareness. I think these few things listed in the first paragraph
can only show a state of delusional awareness. Can we add professional delusional awareness to the DSM?
As for the truth about the DSM click HERE 