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Driven by statistics? That is hilarious. Construction work, or any other hard physical work, is good for you done properly and safely. OSHA has come a LONG way since I worked in construction in the 90s. If statistics drove much of anything for the younger generations, just about everything would be not only different, but better. And as far as I can tell, for the same reasons the thread was started to begin with, things are going backward. There is a reason there are Starbucks every 2 miles and the big sellers are milk shakes disguised as lattes - and that is just one sliver of an example of fiscal and dietary ignorance. It is precisely their lack of knowledge in statistics and an over reliance on feelings that has gotten us here.@dingo97223
All true. And the newest generation isn't all that dumb either, they may be deceived in a lot of social narratives but They have the entire older generation openly telling them how destroyed their bodies usually are after a career of construction.
The youngsters these days are driven by statistics and there's tons of insurance and healthcare stats these days. Not to mention probably school counselors telling them yo go into programming etc or something that's easier on your body.
I can't blame anyone for working smarter not harder. Your health is irreplaceable I don't care how much someone is paying, I've seen WAY too many folks hooked on pain killers and hard drugs nursing messed up backs due to workplace injuries.
Anyway. I expect we all know this its nothing new to anyone. I for one hate repeating the obvious so I'll bow out.
Sadly, it is all but unavoidable. Part of the "Tytler Cycle". We are living in the time of weak men created by the good times and overabundance.