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by satisfice 402 days ago
Safer is not necessarily better. That’s a choice you are making.

I gave up driving a motorcycle when I got married, because I no longer enjoyed putting myself and others at risk. It fascinated me how instantly I lost interest in it, because I hadn’t realized that risk had been the prime motivator.

Maybe the sensation of risk is an important vitamin for the spirit of a man. Anyway, you don’t know that it isn’t.