#289 - The OceanGate Titan Disaster Wasn’t an Accident... It Was a Mindset Dave (Zach's Brother)

Most people think the OceanGate Titan disaster was a tragic accident. It wasn’t. It was the predictable outcome of an egomaniacal mindset. In this episode, Zach and his brother Dave break down the OceanGate disaster through the lens of the Netflix documentary 'Titan: The OceanGate Disaster,' unpacking how Stockton Rush’s obsession with proving carbon fiber could work at Titanic depth slowly turned engineering into ideology. The film reveals that multiple experts warned the sub was unsafe long before the implosion, yet those warnings were repeatedly dismissed. From a monitoring system that couldn’t actually detect failure to whistleblowers who were pushed out for raising concerns, the red flags weren’t subtle. They were everywhere. Engineers described the hull as impossible to properly inspect and capable of failing without warning, but the mission continued anyway.We also explore how startup-style thinking, move fast and break things, collides with safety-critical industries, and what happens when a founder starts believing he alone understands the technology. Because the Titan didn’t just fail underwater. It failed years earlier, when doubt stopped being allowed inside the company and Stockton Rush's ego reigned supreme. Guest bio: David Grossfeld is a med student at Touro University, a content creator, and Zach's younger brother.

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#289 - The OceanGate Titan Disaster Wasn’t an Accident... It Was a Mindset Dave (Zach's Brother) is an episode from Auxoro: The Voice Of Music Artists by Auxoro Studios.

This episode is 01:51:29 long.

This episode was published on Mar 22, 2026.

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