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There doesn't seem to be details about the cause of the collision as yet. However for a candid look at the grim reality of the maritime industry, and how these
by hnzix 6y ago
There doesn't seem to be details about the cause of the collision as yet. However for a candid look at the grim reality of the maritime industry, and how these kinds of disasters are far too common, I highly recommend The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina. The human trafficking elements are particularly disturbing.
- kfarr 6y agoAlso Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow
- sradman 6y agoThe port explosion in Beirut would make a perfect new chapter in Normal Accidents. I’m guessing the cause of the MV Wakashio accident will turn out to be a simple failure rather than a complex and unexpected failure mode (Perrow’s “normal”).
- dredmorbius 6y agoEconomist Tim Harford has been running a small and occasional podcast series, Cautionary Tales. It opened with an episode discussing Perrow, produced immediately before, and releasing just after, Perrow's death last November. He's looked at risk, may be thinking of technical debt, and I've suggested Beruit. Recommended.
- sradman 6y agoThanks :-) Cautionary Tales Ep 3 – LaLa Land: Galileo’s Warning [1] has the following in the shownotes: > Charles Perrow’s Normal Accidents introduces the idea of complex, tightly-coupled systems and has good accounts both of the Three Mile Island and the Fermi reactor accidents. Just after we’d recorded the episode, I heard the sad news that Charles had died on November 12th. He’ll be missed. [1] https://timharford.com/2019/11/cautionary-tales-ep-3-lala-land-galileos-warning/ https://timharford.com/2019/11/cautionary-tales-ep-3-lala-la...
- ornornor 6y ago+1, it’s a great book. I had no idea the fish trade was so shady and marred in human slavery.