[kshahkshah]

The free for all market also gave me access to a hundred chefs who vastly improved my cooking. It also gave me access to a dozen woodworkers who taught me how to work safely and efficiently. A whole host of gardeners in my USDA zone with hyper local content relevant to me and taught me about native plants.

The free market has saved me thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in home repair costs. From changing my blower motor, to installing my Ecobee w/o a common wire, to installing ceiling brackets correctly, repairing my garage trolley.

The free market gave me podcasts and podcasters which taught me a ton about international conflicts and their history. Gave me access to brilliant environmentalists and conservationists doing incredible field work.

The real price I had to pay was hearing people endlessly, endlessly, endlessly complain about, and in so doing, amplify people that they don't listen to, disagree with, and think are harmful.

[AlexandrB]

> It also gave me access to a dozen woodworkers who taught me how to work safely and efficiently.

And also "woodworkers" who would take transformers out of microwaves and run the resulting current through bare nails to make fractal lightning patterns in wood. If you're starting with a blank slate on wood-based projects how do you differentiate the former from the latter?

[pixxel]

> take transformers out of microwaves and run the resulting current through bare nails to make fractal lightning patterns in wood

This is super interesting, thanks for the tip.

Here’s an overview for anyone that’s curious:

https://yewtu.be/s4ENnHRB6ro

[kshahkshah]

Common sense?

[AlexandrB]

This is meaningless because what "common sense" is changes person to person. The person yelling about how 5G will damage your brain would say that it's "common sense" that "radiation" is bad for you so 5G must be bad.

You're basically saying that the way you avoid doing something dangerous recommend by others is by already knowing that it's dangerous. Well duh.

[kshahkshah]

I don't think most people getting into something the first time would reasonably try a hard project and make it harder by adding electricity in the equation. I think your example is really just absurdity to be honest.

I also don't know what point you're making.

Since some people can't tell who the experts are and what a beginner is, we need to regulate youtubers?