Entirely this. We don't look at nuclear reactor operators killed during an accident and go, "Ah, what heroes, good for them," we look at the system and say, "What safety invariants were violated such that the loss of their lives was possible?"https://twitter.com/Dr2NisreenAlwan/status/1248252714351460352 …
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I feel conflicted on this because that was definitely a theme of the 2011 response, and feels appropriate given a nation was extremely dependent on ~50 private employees not turning in 2 weeks notice despite extremely understandable reasons.
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And so on the one hand one does want to question policies which contributed to the outcome and on the other hand lionizations is both just and possibly instrumentally effective at saving countable human lives, so, not so easy to discount value of it.
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I also think intuitions regarding heroism formed more by physical heroism for a few hours during acute crisis but crises shaped like this require one to have a restful sleep, discussion with their spouse, update their will, and then decide to go to work on day 38.
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