Growing into Uncertainty

This is the first episode of "Two Cents Worth of Safety", which will interleave with the regular DisasterCast episodes. In this installment Ron explains how looking backward we see a whole lot more change in our lives than looking forward, and describes his own changing understanding of safety.

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Engineers make the news by designing cool things, building great things, or causing spectacular disasters. Apollo 11 is famous for putting astronauts on the Moon - Apollo 13 is famous for putting astronauts in extreme peril. The Curiousity Rover landed on Mars. The Mars Polar Lander crashed iinto Mars. The Golden Gate bridge is a spectacular landmark - the Tacoma Narrows bridge was a spectacular failure. There are place names hardly anyone would know except for the tragic events that happened there. Bhopal, Potters Bar, Chernobyl, Flixborough, Seveso, Fukushima. This is a podcast about how not to be famous.