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Lots of differences with heroin. I have been volunteer in a Spanish org called "proyecto hombre" that help people with drugs. People on drugs are almost non h

Lots of differences with heroin. I have been volunteer in a Spanish org called "proyecto hombre" that help people with drugs. People on drugs are almost non human in order to take a dose, they will kill you,or steal and they really don't care because the only thing they care about is their next dose. Once you have recovered the person it looks like another one, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I also did BASE in the past. I don't do it anymore because my girlfriend, I do sky diving which is way safer. Most of what we have today, like airplanes, is possible because someone quasi suicided(Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Pasteur, the Curies, von Braum with rockets...). Almost any single aircraft pioneer died as a result of accidents on their prototypes.

delhanty 9y ago
>...like airplanes, is possible because someone quasi suicided I agree with some of that. Progress and freedom have costs. Where it gets problematic for me is when there is a promoting entity that doesn't have skin in the game [0]. Also, maybe drugs weren't the best analogy: What about MMA (mixed-martial arts)? Would the UFC be tolerated if the death-rates matched wing suit jumping? Also, one-way trips to Mars: Are those people and entities promoting the idea planning to go to Mars themselves? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_(phrase) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_(phrase)
- dalbasal 9y ago
  Pugilism is almost unique. Players are trying to hurt eachother. That's the competition. If many people were dying, then it would be a sport where you try and sometimes succeed in killing an oponent. That's different in most minds from "dangerous." A lot of things are tolerated (in that they aren't prevented) that are very high risk. Mountaineering is the first one that comes to mind. All that said, I kind of agree with you. GoPro (also redbull and some others) are drawing benefits from uniquely risky activities. This creates an incentive problem. It would make sense for this issues to go in front of a judge.

delhanty 9y ago

>...like airplanes, is possible because someone quasi suicided I agree with some of that. Progress and freedom have costs. Where it gets problematic for me is when there is a promoting entity that doesn't have skin in the game [0]. Also, maybe drugs weren't the best analogy: What about MMA (mixed-martial arts)? Would the UFC be tolerated if the death-rates matched wing suit jumping? Also, one-way trips to Mars: Are those people and entities promoting the idea planning to go to Mars themselves? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_(phrase) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_(phrase)

dalbasal 9y ago
Pugilism is almost unique. Players are trying to hurt eachother. That's the competition. If many people were dying, then it would be a sport where you try and sometimes succeed in killing an oponent. That's different in most minds from "dangerous." A lot of things are tolerated (in that they aren't prevented) that are very high risk. Mountaineering is the first one that comes to mind. All that said, I kind of agree with you. GoPro (also redbull and some others) are drawing benefits from uniquely risky activities. This creates an incentive problem. It would make sense for this issues to go in front of a judge.