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Or, in a more positive framing, our society pays for the negative externalities of our more risk oriented members doing rad shit.

I am happy to pay through taxes for things like rescue services or medical bills for people who do things like rock climb or attempt ocean crossings in a solo kayak. Or even just ride a motorcycle without a helmet and look awesome.

The world is better and more interesting with these people in it.

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I suspect that those riding without helmets might actually be cheaper to treat. If you survive an accident but get your foot degloved, and you need an amputation and a prosthetic and months of physical therapy, and then a hip replacement years later because of your messed up gait, that's a lot of taxpayer money. If you die on impact, treatment is much cheaper.

> If you die on impact, treatment is much cheaper.

Plus, more organs for everyone else.

I feel the same way. Our shared opinion, though, might not be the democratically weighted norm.

Ideally people could self-select into places with different rules: some with higher taxes and more interesting people, some with the reverse.

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