On: Children need risk, fear, and excitement in play

[1970-01-01]

I'll go out on a limb and say SAE Level 5 (full self-driving) is going to solve this problem. Imagine a world where a group of children has regained all the safety of traveling anywhere their parents will let them. It will reset our current understanding of parenting to where it was 30 years ago.

[tokai → 1970-01-01]

30 years ago is full Satanic Panic and general hysteria over please-think-of-the-children. Not at all a time we want parenting to return to.

[1970-01-01 → tokai]

That was very much a news media thing. Many parents rightfully ignored it as such.