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>to them we'll be wreckless and inefficient neanderthals. They'll be just happy to have their governments. Like having this monolithic antivirus installed on so

by nawitus 12y ago

>to them we'll be wreckless and inefficient neanderthals. They'll be just happy to have their governments. Like having this monolithic antivirus installed on society, to keep everyone 'safe'. Does the current society view the people in the past as wreckless and inefficient neanderthals? On average, no. Sure, we view their lives as more dangerous, but we do not view them as wreckless or inefficient neanderthals.

loudmax 12y ago
When I was a kid in the 70's, nobody wore a bike helmet. If we saw a kid wearing a helmet riding a bike, we'd probably beat him up. Today, my wife won't let me ride without a helmet. I've either been civilized or emasculated. In retrospect, I don't think we were neanderthals. But we definitely should have been wearing helmets.
- nsxwolf 12y ago
  You've been emasculated. But you can take solace in knowing your head is less likely to explode like a melon.
- Intermernet 12y ago
  Ask yourself honestly, are you using your wife as a convenient excuse? Or would you be wearing a helmet now anyway? :-) I'd go with civilized over emasculated. I think the awareness campaigns of the 80's, as well as generally "growing up", in addition to quite a few near-deadly accidents, have changed my (in hindsight, ridiculously stupid) viewpoint on helmets. In the last 12 months two friends have broken helmets, but survived. If they weren't wearing them, who knows...
- saiya-jin 12y ago
  90's for me :)
- mfringel 12y ago
  When I was a kid in the 70's, there were three kids in my town who died due to bike accidents. I'm betting that at least one of them would have not happened if the kid was wearing a helmet. Survivor bias is real.
- RunningWild 12y ago
  On the downside, there's less cost for being stupid which I think is probably bad for influencing cause-effect considerations, even though one effect is potentially death. When I was a kid there was no nerf-padded society (late 70's into the 80's). If you made a stupid move on a bike, you bled on the ground and thought it over for a while. From that you got a very real sense of the implications of your actions and relied on your wits more, as not doing so would get you really screwed up.

by nawitus 12y ago

loudmax 12y ago

When I was a kid in the 70's, nobody wore a bike helmet. If we saw a kid wearing a helmet riding a bike, we'd probably beat him up. Today, my wife won't let me ride without a helmet. I've either been civilized or emasculated. In retrospect, I don't think we were neanderthals. But we definitely should have been wearing helmets.

nsxwolf 12y ago
You've been emasculated. But you can take solace in knowing your head is less likely to explode like a melon.
Intermernet 12y ago
Ask yourself honestly, are you using your wife as a convenient excuse? Or would you be wearing a helmet now anyway? :-) I'd go with civilized over emasculated. I think the awareness campaigns of the 80's, as well as generally "growing up", in addition to quite a few near-deadly accidents, have changed my (in hindsight, ridiculously stupid) viewpoint on helmets. In the last 12 months two friends have broken helmets, but survived. If they weren't wearing them, who knows...
saiya-jin 12y ago
90's for me :)
mfringel 12y ago
When I was a kid in the 70's, there were three kids in my town who died due to bike accidents. I'm betting that at least one of them would have not happened if the kid was wearing a helmet. Survivor bias is real.
RunningWild 12y ago
On the downside, there's less cost for being stupid which I think is probably bad for influencing cause-effect considerations, even though one effect is potentially death. When I was a kid there was no nerf-padded society (late 70's into the 80's). If you made a stupid move on a bike, you bled on the ground and thought it over for a while. From that you got a very real sense of the implications of your actions and relied on your wits more, as not doing so would get you really screwed up.