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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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What does "as to scope of operation that industry depends on for innovation" mean?
Does "threats not so much to safety as to scope of operation that industry depends on for innovation" mean "threats are much to industrial inovation operation, but are not much to the safety"?
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Given that untoward events are likely to occur in every high-profile high-technology sector — in this regard, the health or food sectors are no different from aeronautics or nuclear power — it is prudent for people running companies or industries to be in possession of plans for a multitude of contingencies. Some of those untoward events may amount to real threats to safety. Other events may simply be alarmist, presenting threats not so much to safety as to scope of operation that industry depends on for innovation, by inflaming public opinion to the extent that governments feel obliged to tighten regulation.
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Given that untoward events are likely to occur in every high-profile high-technology sector — in this regard, the health or food sectors are no different from aeronautics or nuclear power — it is prudent for people running companies or industries to be in possession of plans for a multitude of contingencies. Some of those untoward events may amount to real threats to safety. Other events may simply be alarmist, presenting threats not so much to safety as to scope of operation that industry depends on for innovation, by inflaming public opinion to the extent that governments feel obliged to tighten regulation.
Top answer
I think you're approximately right. I read it as talking about freedom to experiment while seeking to create new products and methods. Something may happen unexpectedly, which is not an actual safety threat, but which causes a panic.
- I think you're approximately right.
- I read it as talking about freedom to experiment while seeking to create new products and methods.
- Something may happen unexpectedly, which is not an actual safety threat, but which causes a panic.
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I think you're approximately right.
I read it as talking about freedom to experiment while seeking to create new products and methods.
Something may happen unexpectedly, which is not an actual safety threat, but which causes a panic.
So the government responds by passing more regulations, thus reducing the "scope of operation."
I read it as talking about freedom to experiment while seeking to create new products and methods.
Something may happen unexpectedly, which is not an actual safety threat, but which causes a panic.
So the government responds by passing more regulations, thus reducing the "scope of operation."
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