We already live in a world in which any kid can start a difficult to stop and contain chain reaction: fire.
We responded by:
making a social norm of not allowing kids to buy or use
separating houses 1.5 of their height
adding sprinklers, requiring them by law
having a state founded agency to stop fires
Honestly I still don’t understand very well what exactly stops evil/crazy people from starting fires in forests whenever they want to. Norms to punish violators? Small gain to risk factor?
You mention proactive, preventative steps in damage mitigation.
There are other methods:
deterrence though reliable investigation and criminal prosecution .. and making instigators pay
preventing that local events become global
Most important: accepting that this is a problem
What I don’t understand: Why are we quiet about this problem? It seems the people knowing about this problem (a long time) are not even dare to call for help. wow … how courageous.
We already live in a world in which any kid can start a difficult to stop and contain chain reaction: fire. We responded by:
making a social norm of not allowing kids to buy or use
separating houses 1.5 of their height
adding sprinklers, requiring them by law
having a state founded agency to stop fires
Honestly I still don’t understand very well what exactly stops evil/crazy people from starting fires in forests whenever they want to. Norms to punish violators? Small gain to risk factor?
You mention proactive, preventative steps in damage mitigation.
There are other methods:
deterrence though reliable investigation and criminal prosecution .. and making instigators pay
preventing that local events become global
Most important: accepting that this is a problem
What I don’t understand: Why are we quiet about this problem? It seems the people knowing about this problem (a long time) are not even dare to call for help. wow … how courageous.