Mike Mullane - Normalisation of deviance - IAFF - Part 1

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters cite it whenever a thread involves ignored warnings, shortcuts or routine risk, as the clearest introduction to the concept.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Stuart Walker

Topic

normalisation of deviance

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Here is an excellent talk on this subject[0]. It's one of the few presentations I like to watch every once in a while. [0] [VIDEO]

• Mike Mullane’s “Normalisation of Deviance” talk to a group of firefighters[1] is relevant here. He describes how the Challenger shuttle disaster happened despite internal memos about the problem years prior. The message of the talk is, essentially, that a person or team can get used …

• I like the term "normalization of deviance" and would recommand the Mike Mullane's talk on the Challenger disaster [1]. [1]: [VIDEO]