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[–] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

I'm sorry you are working in such conditions, I hope you get better management that actually understands how much data one person can process.

I'm not sure how your story is at all relevant to what I said.

I don't have a driver's license, I don't live in the US, I don't need one. The lead in gasoline example was just the first thing that came to mind that fit a "technology that is profitable and useful, but kills people" description. Please pay attention to the road while driving instead of perfoming mental math exercises.

I would also like to ask you to think about what exactly you are arguing for right now, as I'm starting to think that our understanding of the value of human life differs quite a bit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    Human life is more valuable than money, property... but suicide is a reality of the human condition. It's not something that has been meaningfully improved with modern psychology or medications. It's worse among the poor but significantly prevalent across the wealth spectrum. Anything that interacts with people is going to interact with suicidal people.

    Next time you are in a train station, count 100 people as they pass you - same effect. If you're in a major station, look out across the big hall full of people, estimate how many hundreds of people you are looking at, and take in the reality of what 1 in 100 actually means.

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