{"id":2436,"date":"2017-04-04T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2017-07-06T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:44:50","slug":"the-medium-is-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/the-medium-is-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"The Medium Is The Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is number one Granddaughter on the new playground near her home in Seattle.<\/p>\n

\"WP_20170326_14_16_45_Pro\"The kiddie zipline is fun and she loves the place.<\/p>\n

I found a photo of\u00a0a playground I remember enjoying\u00a0 which was built by the WPA in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

\"Playgroundold1900s-playground-2\"<\/p>\n

This one was clearly built before we had a surplus of lawyers and kids were sent out in the morning and told to be home by dinner.<\/p>\n

I am curious as to the kind of nation each one\u00a0 creates.<\/p>\n

Both deal with managing fears in exchange for adrenalin rush\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

Both use group example to promote risk taking.<\/p>\n

One clearly reduces risk by removing sharp edges, rust and mitigating falls from heights into sand, rocks and empty beer cans.<\/p>\n

I do know the new one scares me a lot less when she is on it.<\/p>\n

It probably explains why parents rarely hovered around back then.<\/p>\n

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This is number one Granddaughter on the new playground near her home in Seattle.<\/p>\n

\"WP_20170326_14_16_45_Pro\"The kiddie zipline is fun and she loves the place.<\/p>\n

I found a photo of\u00a0a playground I remember enjoying\u00a0 which was built by the WPA in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

\"Playgroundold1900s-playground-2\"<\/p>\n

This one was clearly built before we had a surplus of lawyers and kids were sent out in the morning and told to be home by dinner.<\/p>\n

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