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Slightly OT, but when it says "Every day there are 96 deaths from car accidents," I think: Rubbish -- that's the number of deaths every 42 minutes. Then I real

by nkoren 10y ago

Slightly OT, but when it says "Every day there are 96 deaths from car accidents," I think: Rubbish -- that's the number of deaths every 42 minutes. Then I realise: Oh, they're just giving statistics for America. The non-existence of the rest of the world is assumed. In fact I largely concur with with the central thesis of this article, but this is a global phenomena and needs to be seen in that perspective.

grecy 10y ago
> this is a global phenomena and needs to be seen in that perspective You are correct that it's global, though like many negative-cultural things, America is currently clearly "leading" the way, and the west of the developed world is trailing far behind, though, unfortunately, they are trying to catch up.