Bloomberg published a fascinating interview with Jessie Singer about her new book, There Are No Accidents, which chronicles the trend (encouraged by companies) of treating deaths from car crashes, overdose, unintentional shootings and so on as “accidents,” caused by individual error, which we sometimes punish ferociously if the harm is large, rather than the results of systemic failures that can be influenced and improved by government.
A clear example: When military planes crash, the services invariably strive with might and main to assign blame to the pilots, rather than accept responsibility for shitty design driven by budget maximization imperatives
A clear example: When military planes crash, the services invariably strive with might and main to assign blame to the pilots, rather than accept responsibility for shitty design driven by budget maximization imperatives