#TuesdayColumn: Who's actually accountable when an active volcano takes the lives of 22 people who went to the active volcano for the privilege of saying they were at an active volcano? #Whakaari #WhiteIsland #ExtremeTourism #writing
Volcanic Responsibility:
https://wastedwordsweb.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/volcanic-responsibility/
"#OceanGate is the ultimate result of the Zuckerbergian '#MoveFastAndBreakThings' mantra — the idea that if you’re not breaking things, you’re not moving fast enough, and that speed of delivery and execution is a worthwhile trade for some sort of destruction."
Broken Things
https://wheresyoured.at/p/broken-things
#Titan #TitanicSub #ExtremeTourism #ExtremeHubris #MoveFastAndKillPeople #TechBros
Years before OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded, killing five people in the process, a former employee filed a counterclaim alleging that the company fired him for raising concerns about the vehicle's safety. In addition to terminating the plaintiff (David Lochridge, the former Director of Marine Operations for the company), OceanGate filed a civil suit claiming he breached the terms of his contract and misappropriated trade secrets. His crime? Allegedly discussing confidential information with America’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) — the division of the Federal government that exists to ensure safe working conditions.
" 'It freaked me out that he would want me to be head pilot, since my background is in accounting,' she told the New Yorker."
#OceanGate's former finance director said she quit when #StocktonRush asked her to be the #TitanicSub|mersible's chief pilot after firing the original one for raising safety issues: report
https://news.yahoo.com/oceangates-former-finance-director-said-051737973.html
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