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> Replace "security" with "safety" for, IDK, space engineering or nuclear power. Does it still make sense? Here's a question: Why do most safety regulations re
by tpmoney 2y ago
> Replace "security" with "safety" for, IDK, space engineering or nuclear power. Does it still make sense?
Here's a question: Why do most safety regulations require the force of law to get companies to enact, but no laws were necessary to get companies to adopt the internet? "Safety" is in a similar boat to security, with the benefit that you usually don't have people actively trying to harm your employees. But Safety often gets tossed out the window when it gets in the way of accomplishing the real goals of the organization. Why is the US military exempt from a number of safety regulations that private companies are beholden to? Because the military believes those regulations will hamper their real mission, which is not keeping individual soldiers safe.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoIndeed. Also, it's even tougher to argue to stop increasing safety at some point, because it usually means arguing for accepting a certain number of lives or limbs lost. And yet we do, and we have to, because like with security, a perfectly safe system is one that does nothing at all.