Riff: The Cost of Safetyism

I largely agree with stevemagness (Steve) post on how we are making the new generation weaker and dumber (in some areas) by preventing their proper development, I’m just not so sure it is for the reasons Steve is citing. For example, part of me thinks that yes we are living in safer times, but that might be precisely because we are shrinking the danger-opportunity by removing kids from a lot off…