10.23.2011
CA Blogging Assignment 6
The term "the law of unintended consequences" means unpredicted results that happened to occur. Such consequences could be either good or bad. For example, I had never expected to meet many friends from all over the world before moving to the US when I was eight, but after spending three years there, I met friends from so many countries that I cannot even count. This was an unpredicted, but clearly a good consequences. On the other hand, I have also seen an unintended consequence which ended up in a bad result which was what happended in Fukushima nuclear power plants this March. No one had expected such a disaster to happen. Residents around nuclear power plants were informed that it would be safe before the accident.
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I appreciate your examples, but I wonder if the "law of unintended consequences" implies a situation in which the possible consequences have been given some consideration, and whoever is doing the considering believes they know what all the consequences will be, but still is faced with "unintended consequences."
ReplyDeleteShare with us your stories in the US sometime!
ReplyDeleteActually, some people predicted that such a disaster would happen and issued a warning. However, no workers listened to them and work out a countermeasure because it took a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteThe problem of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is really something that should be considered. In this case, the problem is that the government and the company is using the word "unpredicted" as an excuse for the disaster. However, scientists have always warned the danger of nuclear power plant in Japan. (There is even an expression that says "Building a nuclear power plant in Japan is like building it on a tofu".)
ReplyDeleteI thought the important lesson that we learned from Fukushima is "to be prepared for unpredicted consequences." I know this sounds like a contradiction but I think we have to be prepared to prevent any further disasters.