We all know the drill on a building site:
One must wear these things to keep safe.
One is told to know and stick to the building-site regulations. MAINTAIN safety measures at all times. REPORT unsafe situations! Including near accidents.
The three-step safety plan is as follows
(taken from a sign on a local building site)
- ASSESS THE RISKS
- DETERMINE THE NECESSARY MEASURES
- REMOVE THE RISK
How is this a positive way to proceed?
What would you do differently if it were your creative, construction project?
Thinking on life after Covid-19
How do we innovate? Remove rust and invigorate our self-belief?
What foundation is required? Of what concrete or less concrete stone ought it be made?
What cements the whole together?
What type of roof shelters best?
Can one build anything without taking risks? Are their calculations that minimise the risk?
Tips, tricks and good old fashioned suggestions in the comments below please.
Risk is an interesting phenomena to me. If you examine it closely and thoroughly, as long as we're alive, we are at risk. And what does it mean to remove the risk? Usually that's the riskiest thing to do, because you have to get close to the source of the risk. And what if the thing that is responsible for the risk, also gives you something valuable. It doesn't make sense.
There are some ridiculous risk that no one should take, like texting while driving, not using safety cables and equipment. We all die in the end, but I don't want to die because I wanted to check my last notification while driving, I don't wanna die because I was too lazy to wear safety equipment.
I believe everyone at any moment should try to do what he/she believes in, in a case he/she dies, then it will be worth it. It's difficult, I don't do it all the time, but I think it's the best approach.
I am not sure texting while driving is even about "taking a risk". It is simply doggedly following an inane desire like scratching an itch and laziness, as you point out.
Often risks are not at all "willed" but simply things that are not avoided.
There is a risk in every action we do, and there are no universal and complete statistics on it so we can evaluate the risk and decide which is less risky.
But still common sense is useful.
So I find it pointless to decide what to do based on its risk. Sometimes I do, especially if the activity is just for fun, but when there's a meaningful goal, why not die for it, especially when we know we're gonna die anyway.