Re:Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?
by laszlojamf on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:05AM
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This is really interesting! Never thought of that. Do you have a source for these facts?
Re:Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?
by MaPi_ on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:30AM
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Sure, replacing the car with a plane for your grocery shopping would be probably more dangerous, but do you have any data at what distances do the risks flip?
When I see those statistics I think about flights like Austria to Finland and I imagine that is indeed safer by plane.
Incidentally this also applies similarly to risk issues. The biggest risk in a flight is not in flying, but in takeoff/landing. This is why the commonly cited deaths/mile metric is not only misleading but completely disingenuous by the people/organizations that release it, knowing full well that the vast majority of people don't understand this. If some person replaced their car with a plane (and could somehow land/take off anywhere), their overall risk of death in transit would be significantly higher than if they were using e.g. a car. 'Air travel being safer than cars' relies on this misleading and meaningless death/miles statistic.