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Well, we used to live in a world where parents weren't terribly anxious about what their young (<10) kids were up to, letting them go play out in the neighbourh
by bigDinosaur 4y ago
Well, we used to live in a world where parents weren't terribly anxious about what their young (<10) kids were up to, letting them go play out in the neighbourhood for hours while unsupervised to what we have now in Anglo countries (the complete opposite). Likewise, it's a very real possibility we'll create a new generation of people who will obsess over their health metrics and end up on unnecessary medications. There may well be people who do have health risks but for whom the treatment is still negative (e.g. starting young people on anti-coagulants) due to e.g. Atrial Fibrillation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sv3Kuurhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sv3Kuurhw as a cute informal overview)
It's pretty easy to make masses of people anxious even if you mean well.
- bowsamic 4y ago> Well, we used to live in a world where parents weren't terribly anxious about what their young (<10) kids were up to, letting them go play out in the neighbourhood for hours while unsupervised to what we have now in Anglo countries (the complete opposite). We still have that completely outside of America. In both the UK and Germany children play unsupervised and use the public transport without issue.
- willcipriano 4y agoSame is true in rural America it's only urban and suburban areas that children are expected to be accompanied by an adult at all times. In rural areas you'll see them running around, sometimes with a dog to keep an eye on them.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoSame in Norway.