Knives are dangerous, so why do we use them?

28/02/2020 23 min
Knives are dangerous, so why do we use them?

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Episode Synopsis

Edged tools have been used by hominids for millions of years, but the elastoplast was only invented just over 100 years ago. Did we get our priorities right?

Image: DMC-FZ18 via Pixhere

Things mentioned in this podcast:
- Sudesh Amman attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51389884
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the discontinuation of the dataset https://www.rospa.com/Resources/Statistics
- CPSC’s injury statistics https://www.cpsc.gov/Research--Statistics/Injury-Statistics

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