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opendoor · 09-06-2017, 01:55 PM

I think our society has just become quite a bit more risk averse over time. It's the same reason people wear bike helmets now even though cycling isn't any more dangerous than it used to be. And why safety standards for everything are much higher.

So sure a kid born in the '70s was grew up with much more independence than a kid today. But when he was born he might've also gotten driven home from the hospital on his mother's lap, rarely worn a seatbelt, and grown up with his parents chain smoking around him all the time.

Ideally people would be able to realize when accepting minor risk has big upsides (in the case of allowing children to be independent) and when it does not, but sometimes nuance is lost on society.

09-06-2017, 01:55 PM	#25
opendoor Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	I think our society has just become quite a bit more risk averse over time. It's the same reason people wear bike helmets now even though cycling isn't any more dangerous than it used to be. And why safety standards for everything are much higher. So sure a kid born in the '70s was grew up with much more independence than a kid today. But when he was born he might've also gotten driven home from the hospital on his mother's lap, rarely worn a seatbelt, and grown up with his parents chain smoking around him all the time. Ideally people would be able to realize when accepting minor risk has big upsides (in the case of allowing children to be independent) and when it does not, but sometimes nuance is lost on society.