How to live dangerously
by Warwick Cairns · first published 2009
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A great book on this topic is How to Live Dangerously by Warwick Cairns. He tells the story of a school in Norway that conducted a similar playground experiment. In that study, they had two playgrounds -- a "safe one" with rubberized mats and chaperones…
on “New Zealand school tossed its playground rules” ↗…data to support the idea that making activities feel more dangerous makes them safer. I actually gave a talk on this topic a few years ago: http://www.onlineaspect.com/2010/07/05/ignite-boulder-11/ How to Live Dangerously by Warwick Cairns is a great book on the topic as well.
on “Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety” ↗A great book on this topic is How to Live Dangerously: Why we should all stop worrying, and start living. It inspired an Insight talk that I gave: http://www.onlineaspect.com/2010/07/05/ignite-boulder-11/
on “In Praise Of Dangerous Toys” ↗…percent thought the children would likely get injured. Half thought they would likely get abducted. > These intuitions don’t even begin to resemble reality. According to Warwick Cairns, the author of How to Live Dangerously, kidnapping in the United States is so rare that a child would have to be outside unsupervised for, on average, 750,000 years before being snatched by a stranger. I wonder how we ended up in a situation…
on “What kids told us about how to get them off their phones” ↗