> By this logic the industrial revolution shouldn't have happened (or at least it should have happened more slowly). I was just going to mention the same thing

> By this logic the industrial revolution shouldn't have happened (or at least it should have happened more slowly). I was just going to mention the same thing. There was a good Freakonomics podcast episode* about this very subject. Audio: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-safe-is-your-job-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-safe-is-your-job-a-new-f... Transcript: http://freakonomics.com/2015/01/29/how-safe-is-your-job-full-transcript/ http://freakonomics.com/2015/01/29/how-safe-is-your-job-full...