What makes one environment more fragile than another? Jared Diamond wondered why some societies blunder into self-destruction, but not others. These are my ruminations on our blunders and wonderings from an all-hazards perspective.
In Economics of Hazards & Disasters covering Sectors/Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) then in Intro to Emergency Management covering Collaborating with the Private Sector at MCNY on Saturday
Friday look for me on CBS News, interviewed as a piece to go with the new unemployment numbers....it will go national and international, they could not give a time as each station will decide to use or not broadcast. They taped me for 30 minutes but will use only a minute 30 seconds of it.
My sixth class starts tomorrow at MCNY, filling in for a professor out for rest of the semester, now teaching Saturday mornings as well in Economics of Hazards and Disasters. So 1 NYU, 1 SUNY-ESC and now 4 at MCNY.
Once again the Mayor has appointed someone not in the field, with limited expertise. Examples being Nicholas Scoppetta, JD for the previous Fire Commissioner, Judge Joe Bruno for the current Office of Emergency Management Commissioner, and now Ms Black as School Superintendent following Chancellor Kline. Is his underlying message to those in these fields by appointing someone with no educational foundation in these professions and someone who has never been a practitioner in these areas that they are "competent" to be their commissioner or chancellor. But anyone trained in this profession and who has worked in this profession is not competent? That anyone can do their job, like "Brownie" could do as FEMA director.
At least he appointed a new Fire Commissioner, Salvatore J. Cassano, who has both the training and life experience. Why could he not have demonstrated the same standard for the new Chancellor?
Subject of tonights lecture is Schizophrenia, then starting Adolescent Sexual Development in NYU Developmental Psych class, at AAI-NY the subject in Personality will be Lifestyle Analysis.
11/03/2010
One of 12 professors having members of a delegation of presidents and vice presidents of Chinese normal universities observing my Developmental Psychology class at NYU on Thursday
