> In the present day we are informed of risks in a sometimes random way. Automobiles are perhaps the most dangerous things in our lives. And they certainly do go bad and explode. Or crash into people. Yet we still drive and cross the street. We manage our risks.
We manage that risk through rules and safety regulations, like ABS and airbags.
> Our food supply is now managed for us by giant corporations. They try very hard to make as much profit as possible - often by using materials and processes that are untested and may cause unexpected problems.
Pasteurization is just heating milk. It's one of the best tested processes in existence.
Rejecting safety measures is just rolling back centuries of progress. Those giant corporations would love it if they didn't have to take elaborate precautions to make food and cars safe, because those take effort and cost a lot of money to provide.
> Rejecting safety measures is just rolling back centuries of progress.
Of course we have to sometimes roll back safety measures as the world changes.
* Many places that used to chlorinate water no longer do, because the water has gotten cleaner. * The US chlorinate's chicken, and hopefully they'll stop at some point. * Many places no longer require you to heat eggs, because salmonella had been eradicated. * Nobody wears covid masks anymore because the risk of covid is so low.
Here's to hoping we'll be able to roll back many more safety regulations in the future.
We manage that risk through rules and safety regulations, like ABS and airbags.
> Our food supply is now managed for us by giant corporations. They try very hard to make as much profit as possible - often by using materials and processes that are untested and may cause unexpected problems.
Pasteurization is just heating milk. It's one of the best tested processes in existence.
Rejecting safety measures is just rolling back centuries of progress. Those giant corporations would love it if they didn't have to take elaborate precautions to make food and cars safe, because those take effort and cost a lot of money to provide.