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True danger is serious business. Approaching an unexploded IED is dangerous. So is going in to reactor #2 to pump out radioactive water.

There's a difference between incorrect and dangerous.



Dangerous does not have to mean deadly.


Said from your safe little bubble. Dangerous is "I might misstep by half an inch and orphan the children."

The college educated computer workers who post here haven't experienced danger since climbing trees as children. And certainly don't experience danger professionally.

Roofing a house is dangerous. Delivering Pizza is dangerous.

Picking between State U vs Private U? Choosing between Python and Ruby? Choosing between iOS vs Android for your initial deployment? Choosing VC A over VC B? Telling your Boss he's wrong? Calling any of that dangerous is an insult to people who face real danger daily.


Dangerous is "lying to these kids to keep them under control now might destroy trillions in future economic productivity and expose the country to financial blackmail by foreign interests, leading to the decline of our entire culture/civilization".


That's not what the article is talking about.

It is talking about the school system generally and how in the author's opinion it teaches habits/ideas that could be considered harmful to that person's judgment of future life decisions they may have to make.


Speaking as a college educated computer worker who posts here, I suspect that you might not have a clue. I spent a lot of last summer welding heavy metal, I am no stranger to hard-hats, safety boots and building sites. I have worked assembly, labour and construction, alongside code, graphics and networks. I get bored of desks quite regularly and have to go off and lift heavy things for a while. Is a bit like going to a gym where they pay you.

Be very careful of stereotypes, especially among groups that are well known for idiosyncrasies, which at the last count is pretty much all the groups.


Did you really think you needed to point out that I might be making a sweeping generalization about tens of thousands of users? I'm glad you decided to share.


Well, from the way you stated your first post, I thought it might be worth reminding you, yes.




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