Truer words...
"Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold." — Helen Keller
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Hidden City Video Library: a databased list of the DVDs I own, which may tell you a bit too much about my taste.
4 Comments:
The illusion of safety, brought to you exclusively by the Department of Homeland Security for the low, low price of $41.1 billion.
As challenging and provocative as her statement is, "as often is" is a testable statement, as is "mostly superstitious.
What say the data?
Unfortunately, Tim, as is often the case, the terms are vague enough as to allow interpretation to support any view. How do you want to define "security"? Is it a gut feeling that you are safe? Is it that the actuarial tables favor your continued survival if you keep doing what you are doing?
In the long run, we all die. I measure security by the quality of my day to day life prior to my date with the reaper; we all define our own terms.
But of course, and I tend to your nicely put view. I was being pedantic for reasons I do not now remember (only 12 or so hours later). Probably best blamed on too many years playing on Usenet.
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