251. Safety & Risk Management

Scaremongers drive many to search frantically for something, *anything* that will make them feel safe, but safety isn't a thing you can buy - it's a feeling you have to build for yourself.

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[mattdangerg]

Worrying with extra steps is such a good line

[ishtaraletheia]

This is one of those things that seem obvious in retrospect, so I really like the bridge disaster example and the surrounding section as contrast.

[Infantry]

I worked in software security for a few years, and I was kind of blown away by how much of what I did was just giving assurance to people that things were ok. By that I mean, it wasn't just executing on tasks to find helpful truths, but I had to lean on rhetoric to guide people towards feeling ok about the security of the product. That was a learned skill from years ago, I appreciate this perspective of approaching it with rigor, something I'm definitely going to take with me to the job.

Thanks for the great video as always. Nice moustache!

[tgrey_shift..mp]

Love the stache! Looks great on ya, handsome! :)
Amazing video as always!

[Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

I took the risk of watching your video, and survived.

[Xob_Driesestig]

Look at that moustache! Next video Josh will enter the frame by sliding down a sail with a rapier, then explain to us how to make craft beer.

[bthomson]

I can feel my brain going to mush after a month without thunk! So if you value my continued intelligence and learning pray consider another video as soon as creatively possible! Not rushing you but worried about my mental acuity!🤔😎😍

[Macieks]

These days I immediately think of x-risks caused by AI whenever I see any discussion of safety or risk. In the context of risk management this is a sort of a counter example to the premise of the whole video because this risk exists for any goal or action I will take. Same with stuff like nuclear war or any other x-risk. Maybe escaping to Mars is some kind of way to mitigate those risks but other than that there's nothing one can do about them.

[deisok]

How to deter Russia from invading your country?

Defence budget is limited.
So better to buy more high tech military guns but few of them (citizens won’t regard them as enough power and will still might feel risk and fear) or to use those money to train citizens and give them low tech guns so they know to fight (more prepared morally and physically which decreases fear) but not have high tech defence mechanisms.

[fraternitas]

"Safety is a feeling and its hard to engender a feeling with facts." That is how you this video is stupid and all the second order conclusions are stupid, false, misguided, or gaslighting.