I dunno... when you're on a site called "Equipped to Survive", I really don't think it's unreasonable that most of the conversation is about equipment. If the site were "Danger Avoidance", then it might be reasonable to expect otherwise. Some people think it should be about "militant" survivalism, some people think it should be about post-apocalyptic homesteading, and some think it should be about First Aid. Personally, even though this site doesn't cover a great many of my own interests and biases, I find it so valuable as it is, for what it is, that I'm reluctant to see people trying to change it.

As far as danger avoidance, I confess I'm personally less concerned with the perils are fairly obvious. When you step onto a boat, or helicopter, or a bush plane, or off the trailhead into the wilderness (such as remains), you know that there's a certain amount of chance involved. Not everyone gets to pick the chances they take.

If the last big survival lesson in the 20th Century was "don't drink the cool-aid", then maybe the first ones of the 21st Century are "ignore the voice on the PA system telling you to return to your desk".

Or, more broadly, "don't stick around to watch the tragedy unfold- concentrate on getting as far away from it as FAST as possible".

I know that my attitudes toward the unforseen dangers have changed this century. I'm more than willing to let co-worker ridicule me the next day, if we're all alive to do that- in the meantime, if I have ANY doubts about what's going down, I'm gone. Personally, I think that's a more important change than the fairly obvious precaution of making sure the organizers of a canoe trip are competent.