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    25 days ago

    Theres two ways of looking at safe systems,

    • People are idiots and will get themselves hurt. The machine should prevent them.

    and

    • without guardrails, I could be the idiot. Let the machine prevent me until I understand the risk.

    As memtioned elsewhere in the thread, political pressure prevents implementation of safe systems. I absolutely love safeguards and being safe because foot guns are nasty. but I will fight against things clearly created under the “People are idiots” philosophy because it locks people out of their own property. Because sometimes the “safety” is an excuse for controlling behavor.