[mensetmanusman]

What if your view is survivor bias?

E.g. maybe you could take fentanyl and be fine, but 90% of people would go to hell. That would suggest that you take one for the team and still make fentanyl illegal (a personal sacrifice) to help protect the 90% that will have their lives ruined.

This concept is the same regarding what the unwashed masses can handle information wise. E.g. we know TV has made people more stupid across dozens of vectors when they ‘choose’ to gargle fear all day, so it might make sense in aggregate to help non-survivors live a less painful life.

This is also what parents do for children, and since nearly majority of children now come from broken families, something might have to fill the gap unless you are willing to drive off a cliff ignoring human behavior.

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

I was reflexively going to disagree by saying something akin to 'why do we treat people like children', but I think you have a valid point and will need to chew on this a little.