The target="_blank" tag would be a nice touch

[Edited on September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM. Reason : oh snap he is using them now ]

9/5/2025 2:24:01 PM

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"risk = hazard + outrage "

If the house has a swimming pool and a gun the child instantly dies.

Modernity is hiding and moving risk. Executives not responsible for killing people. Normies can't be given responsibility for their own actions. Or pooling risk when you shouldn't across populations.

Like in the above example from Freakonomics, I'd wager if you dig in the swimming fatals are all super young, and the risk factor decreases dramatically as the kid gets better at swimming.

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"Children under the age of 5 are the most vulnerable group, accounting for 75% of all fatal pool- or spa-related drownings and 77% of nonfatal, emergency department-treated injuries "

So older than 6 you hit a huge drop off and it becomes more like 1 in 90k. The gun thing would be better done by homes and not guns and correcting for parent home/not home. Context matters.

[Edited on September 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM. Reason : a]

[Edited on September 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM. Reason : o]

9/5/2025 2:38:31 PM

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"For comparison, driving in the US results in 12 in 100,000 deaths (not including life changing injuries which arguably should probably be accounted), smoking something like 192 in 100,000 and the smoking companies lied about it for many years. 1 in 5 smokers can be expected to die in a lifetime as opposed to about 1 in 90 drivers (and the risk scales as you get older"

These are two things that absolutely need more regulation/avoidance! Driving regulations should almost definitely be stronger. Everybody speeds bc the penalties are so minor. Drivers kill pedestrian and get traffic violations instead of manslaughter. And they are both already age limited, for primary user anyway. Our society has also made it so a car is pretty much required anywhere in the US, people deal with more risk when faced with necessity. AI is not a necessity, yet anyway, so let's set up the proper regulations and responsibilities NOW before it becomes so ingrained it's impossible to peel back.

9/5/2025 3:28:51 PM