> We've not only decided that's an "acceptable steady state", but actively embraced it. I’m not sure what you mean by that but nobody I know thinks it’s perfec

> We've not only decided that's an "acceptable steady state", but actively embraced it. I’m not sure what you mean by that but nobody I know thinks it’s perfectly fine to have half a million people per year die unnecessarily. > claiming that human beings aren't fine with perpetually dealing with this level of risk is rather absurd People are dealing with those risks all the time. About ~90% of people were voluntarily wearing mask when I went grocery shopping earlier today. People had their seat belts on on the roads there. Their kids were in child seats even though it’s quite inconvenient to put them in there. We do lots of things to mitigate risks. Some of them are pure theater (letting the pilot go through airport security), others are really effective (having a co pilot in the cockpit).