Our society isn't really obsessed with safety. It's obsessed with being safe from rare, sensational dangers. If we really cared about safety, we'd focus less o

Our society isn't really obsessed with safety. It's obsessed with being safe from rare, sensational dangers. If we really cared about safety, we'd focus less on airport security and "stranger danger", and more on getting people to wear seatbelts and never drive while intoxicated. Statistically, automobile accidents are by far the leading cause of accidental death in the US.