this is an excellent idea: safe mode. let people who can't decide for themselves what's safe to watch, let them watch safe mode only. everyone else, should be able to decide for themselves (opt in)
I live by that philosophy!
As I said here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22956768
"... if I see you foisting your opinions on what kind of content I get to see, that's you infringing on my freedom and we have a problem."
Your quote is more concise and to the point :D
"Galileo agreed not to teach the heresy anymore and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. It took more than 300 years for the Church to admit that Galileo was right and to clear his name of heresy."
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convi...
The example you gave is only “obvious” because the majority think so. However we’re increasingly living in an environment where people are “fleeing the centre”. People have abandoned authority, and are increasingly abandoning science, even to the point of doubting or reinterpreting their own lived experience.
The key to “common sense” is “common”. When very little is held in common, where do you find common sense?
This is precisely why, in my view, the single greatest danger to mankind is - a “meta-danger” perhaps - is the explosion in deliberate attempts (irrespective of motive - lulz, commercial profit, political influence or psychological warfare) to misinform, sow discord, and erode trust. It is an absolute scourge and is already starting to bite us in the collective arse, by limiting our ability to act collectively for objective common good.
I have no idea at all how we fight this threat.
EDITED: SP. collect > collectively