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> But safety should always come first. No it shouldn’t. Safety is almost always a trade off of real (or perceived) risk and reward. If safety came first, you
by paulcole 2y ago
> But safety should always come first.
No it shouldn’t.
Safety is almost always a trade off of real (or perceived) risk and reward.
If safety came first, you’d never swim, hike, or drive a car.
- nixpulvis 2y agoUsed to raid 25 man World of Warcraft dungeons with a Death Knight tank. His slogan was: "Safety first, then teamwork." That really stuck with me.
- calmbonsai 2y agoFrom the pilot's world: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate
- florbo 2y agoSafety first doesn't mean "don't do anything unsafe," it has a broad meaning. With your interpretation I suppose it could mean if you're going to do something, be sure to consider your safety tradeoffs first.
- paulcole 2y agoI think “safety first” generally means that you should put safety first when you’re doing something but that I should consider the safety trade offs first when I’m doing something.
- mvdtnz 2y agoI agree with you completely. My country has an out-of-control safety culture that has many unintended effects. For example we are one of only a handful of countries on earth with a cycling helmet law. As a result, fewer people cycle and drivers take less care around cyclists. Lots of studies have shown that at a population level it's quite possible helmet laws have a negative impact on health and safety. I am currently travelling Japan and I have seen thousands of cyclists and not a single helmet (and very little in the way of dedicated cycling infrastructure). To my knowledge Japan doesn't have an epidemic of head injuries.
- pacifika 2y agoSoccer players would benefit from wearing helmets though, but they don’t.