Great technical breakdown of OceanGate’s (is there a more appropriate name for this sub company?) process of “safety” and “traditional methods” in making sure things are designed to spec.
Included: Interview snippets from CEO where he eschewed hiring subject matter experts who usually hail from the Navy and other fields with “decades” of experience, because he didn’t want is company to be filled with “50 yr old white guys”. He wanted a younger, more dynamic group to “inspire 16 yr olds” to go into oceanography.
Q: Who designed this submarine?
A: Let me introduce you to our D.I.E. compliant team.
This whole thing puts me in mind of the Theranos doc, Out for Blood where the “move fast and break things” ethos was criticized when Silicon Valley begins to to dabble in things that have life-and-death consequences. It’s great when you’re putting a new kind of emoji on an email or imposing a mustache and sunglasses on a selfie, but has potentially different consequences when you’re fucking with people’s lives.
Great technical breakdown of OceanGate’s (is there a more appropriate name for this sub company?) process of “safety” and “traditional methods” in making sure things are designed to spec.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dka29FSZac&t=454s
Included: Interview snippets from CEO where he eschewed hiring subject matter experts who usually hail from the Navy and other fields with “decades” of experience, because he didn’t want is company to be filled with “50 yr old white guys”. He wanted a younger, more dynamic group to “inspire 16 yr olds” to go into oceanography.
Q: Who designed this submarine?
A: Let me introduce you to our D.I.E. compliant team.
This whole thing puts me in mind of the Theranos doc, Out for Blood where the “move fast and break things” ethos was criticized when Silicon Valley begins to to dabble in things that have life-and-death consequences. It’s great when you’re putting a new kind of emoji on an email or imposing a mustache and sunglasses on a selfie, but has potentially different consequences when you’re fucking with people’s lives.