I broke 3 arms while I was a kid. I was lucky I didn't break a neck.
I think safetyism is just fine.
I think safetyism is just fine.
I doubt much progress and improvement would be made simply by increasing lifespan. Comparatively, if you inspire a generation of kids to be pioneers and explorers I imagine you see a vast improvement in technological advancements and social progress.
These things are hard, if not impossible, to measure, but I don't think it takes too much extrapolation from other measurable events to find this to be true.
I guess if I was to contribute an idea that I think more people should adopt, it's that I believe people are most happy when their existence improves others lives. To that end I think we should optimize towards having the most healthy years with the most freedom to explore ways to be useful and bring joy to others. That means being frugal and investing wisely and focusing on the delayed gratification that early retirement will bring.
I find that it's hard to give from a place just surviving, but if you can delay gratification and work hard towards being in a place of surplus, you'll have a lot to offer and hopefully that leads to a very joyful and meaningful life.
To this point, there is a growing push to consider “healthspan” rather than lifespan in terms of medical outcomes. It turns out that being alive hooked up to tubes confined to a bed isn’t all that great.
People jokingly say that kids bounce, but sometimes they don’t. It blows my mind that people treat broken bones in kids as not a serious injury.
Whatever I learned from those years of risky play I credit with helping me to go on many exciting adventures and and engage with a variety of ill-advised recreational pursuits all while keeping myself largely intact.
Maybe it's all about mass. The force on my knees landing at 200lbs is way greater than at 50lbs.
But maybe I'm just trying not to feel old.