Submersible Titanic Tourist craft goes missing

Viral take on the phenomenon that resonated because it seems to identify something subconscious but real


Reflecting on it, the reason I think the OceanGate situation has become such a flashpoint for anger is because it's such a perfect microcosm of the problem with everything right now. Decisions are not made based on safety, reasonable caution, or concern for human life. Every decision is instead made from a default assumption of 'what if the bad thing just DIDN'T happen?' We are given pie-in-the-sky promises and sizzle reels and an endless PR hype-cycle for every new innovation and inevitably it fails to work, harms people, and then is maybe barelyapologized for before the next bad idea comes down the pike. OceanGate's underengineered, undercooked, doomed submarine isn't merely a metaphor for the hubris of the wealthy, it is a scale model of the way the wealthy dictate our reality. All consequences can be ignored, all blowback can be forestalled, let the end-user eat the cost.

I am not angry because the submarine was badly-made. I am angry because I live in a vastly larger pressure vessel being managed and maintained by the exact same people.



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I see this as an educational opportunity on the benefits of safety protocols and the risks of exploring relatively new frontiers. Everybody that put themselves in harms way did so knowing full well that they were not presented with a reasonable expectation of safety. Much will be learned from this (or perhaps, existing knowledge will be more accessible and better shared), and people will be even more educated the next time a similar exploration opportunity is presented.

Go GATORS!
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Hopefully one lesson that should have been learned is that safety matters and that ignoring safety protocols in the name of innovation may not be such a good idea after all.

A quote from Stockton Rush the recently deceased CEO of OceanGate and a victim of his own hubris:

The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan

 

Eerie …

https://youtube.com/shorts/VG49UF6PTAs?feature=share

 

Seems like a sketchy source for this “leaked” transcript. My money is on complete fiction for clicks. YouTube sucks.

 

Link to recently released video of Titanic after the implosion.

Eerie 'Titan' Wreck Footage Released That Helped Authorities Confirm Sub Had Imploded, Killing 5 Passengers