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A friend said he warned Stockton Rush about possible defects on the Titan in 2019 after hearing 'cracking' noises (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sounds like Rush was one of those risk takers and visionaries. These sorts of people hold themselves up as beacons of light and others do too until the risk taking catches up.

I remember I had a boss that liked some book they read about one of these sorts of people. My boss even had the company buy each of us a copy to read. I skipped it. What I remember though was the the guy died while doing one of their risky things maybe 6 months later. Just thought it was classic. Guy held up as an example by people in authority shows how stupid those people are by getting himself killed.

[-] polarimetric@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

When things are going well, so many feel like the person avoiding or mitigating risk is silly and dramatic, and the person running headfirst into that risk is brave and rational. Then, when something awful like this happens, it’s always, “No one could have predicted this tragedy!” and they learn nothing.

[-] Entropywins@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I've been the lame guy at so many drunken bon fires...it sucks but I swear I've saved a lot of folks from themselves, others were beyond my help.

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