Last year, the 44-year-old nuclear power plant resumed generating power. But most of the nuclear plants are over 40 years old, and even worse, some of them were built on active faults.
Even after two atomic bombings and the worst nuclear accident, we still don't understand the threat of radiation.
Same here. It is not only secure but also provides a possibility to easily separate my life into independent domains - virtual machines (work, personal, random websites etc) with simple independent backups. Those domains are integrated into the UI such that I only see colorful windows, not full "virtual computers".