The majority of us are double-plus unfree: our “freedom to” is limited to approved and supervised activities, and our “freedom from” doesn’t keep us free from a great many things that can end up killing us, with our bathtubs being just the beginning.
Hubski: Read this for a good history of and background to our present-day concept of freedom. I think Maggie nails it. I'd like to read more of this which seems to be a chaper of a new book.