Q&complAints #015 : Better Soft Than Hard

What is better soft than hard?

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. . .here are my thoughts.

What is better soft than hard?

They say humans are born with only two innate fears: loud noises and heights. I’m not sure who they are. Anyway, when you get right down to it, both fears are really about avoiding death. Millions of years ago when our ancestors heard a loud noise on the savannah, those who took shelter were less likely to be eaten by a lion. Their cautious ways passed genetically to the next generation. Most people don’t fear being high off the ground if there’s not a high likelihood of falling. We fear gravity pulling us toward the center of the Earth at 9.8 m/s2 until our squishy bag of organs meets an immovable object—the ground. It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s the sudden stop. Our prehistoric ancestors with enough common sense not to do whatever their equivalent of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane was, lived to procreate. They passed on their healthy respect for heights to the next generation. Speaking of skydiving, wouldn’t it be a whole lot more popular if the ground weren’t so hard. Imagine if the crust of the Earth were more like a global trapeze net.