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?

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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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