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Article

11 Jul 2010

Author:
Seth Borenstein, AP

Technology's disasters share long trail of hubris

It's all so familiar. A technological disaster, then a presidential commission examining what went wrong. And ultimately a discovery that while technology marches on, concern for safety lags…The common thread…often is technological arrogance and hubris…[O]il spill commission…panel co-chairman William Reilly couldn't help but point out something he's already noticed. The technology to clean up after an oil spill "is primitive,"…"It's wholly disproportionate to the tremendous technological advances that have allowed deepwater drilling to go forward…"...When the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board looked into [a] 2005 refinery fire it noted that…"The Texas City disaster was caused by organizational and safety deficiencies at all levels of the BP Corporation"