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> The thing that really jumps at me is: don't get injured, disabled or just old. If you're going to have problems with ladders People with desk jobs often forg
by ken 7y ago
> The thing that really jumps at me is: don't get injured, disabled or just old. If you're going to have problems with ladders
People with desk jobs often forget this, but that's true of a lot of work, too. If I couldn't climb a ladder, I couldn't do my job. Now, I probably won't be doing this when I'm 80, but I don't want to live every day of my life as if I'm the weakest I'll ever be. Desk jobs and comfy ramblers will still be around when I'm old (or disabled) and can't climb any more.
> This is also going to tend to push some people towards "third spaces" for socializing with friends. There's a very active Starbucks near me
I love "third places" in principle, but I find it funny how many people spend all day sipping coffee in front of a computer ... and then to socialize with friends at night, they go to a place where they pay to sit at a computer sipping coffee. I guess if that's what you love doing, go for it. As Ken Robinson said, "They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads."
- greenyoda 7y ago> I don't want to live every day of my life as if I'm the weakest I'll ever be But even if you're completely healthy and in great shape, you can have an accident or illness that makes you temporarily unable to climb a ladder. If you broke your leg one day, or came down with a nasty flu or stomach virus, would you want to be living in a place where you needed to climb a ladder to travel between your bed and your bathroom? Nobody is healthy 100% of the time.