[samtho]

Electricity is not to be feared but rather respected. It is a powerful force that lives in our wall, pockets, cars, the air, the ground, and even something that drives our biological function.

That being said, this is not going to be someone’s first project. It probably won’t be their second project. I’m not sure my faith in people’s self preservation is rooted in my confidence that people generally want to be safe or some rather bleak, Darwinistic thinking that eventually only those who do projects recklessly will be “selected out.” In any case, you can work on these systems safely and it’s just mains voltage.

Humans have introduced more complexity to our lives as our technology has progressed, all with thought-to-be grave safety implications. The advent of the motor carriages had one city making a law stating that someone had to be on foot, waving a flag preceding the motorized vehicle at all times. People love to catastrophize, claim the sky is falling, and wax poetically about how far we have strayed from “the lord.”