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Re:The Empathy Gap in Tech: Interview with a Software Engineer by asabjorn on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:11PM (#16092404)
I don't think you can have it both ways. You can't teach your kid to walk without risking that they occasionally fall and hurt themselves, and as we grow further these kind of small falls is a natural byproduct of taking risks that leads to growth.

It really sucks when your kid runs in front of a car, but thankfully that is quite rare and there are some simple heuristics that seems to ameliorate most such potential situation.

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Re:The Empathy Gap in Tech: Interview with a Software Engineer by skybrian on Sunday January 07, 2018 @06:37PM (#16093453)
Okay, so how do you decide whether to have hire school crossing guards or not? Or to put in a stop sign or not? Or to require seatbelts?

We can and do make decisions as a society to change the environment we live in for the better. You can't eliminate all risk and not every proposed solution is going to make sense, but that doesn't mean you just say "hey, they're adults" and shrug.

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