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> "if it doesn't have a specific call to action that people can act on if they care about it (and that in practice people do actually act on), it doesn't get pu
by CaptSpify 10y ago
> "if it doesn't have a specific call to action that people can act on if they care about it (and that in practice people do actually act on), it doesn't get published".
Although I kind of agree with you, what about problems that don't have a clear, actionable response by most people? Although those are probably rare, I'd personally want to know about them and decide for myself.
- PeterisP 10y agoDecide what for yourself? There would be a point if there was a possible actionable response that most people wouldn't want to do, but that would be up to them to decide. However, if it doesn't have an actionable response, then there's nothing to decide, except whether to experience useless and unproductive worrying or not. There may be some problems that are not solvable by you but need an organized intervention from a government, but they generally have a clear, actionable response, i.e. act to get elected representatives that will try to solve the problem. However, something that truly doesn't have an actionable response - i.e. "someone slaughtered a dozen schoolkids halfway across the globe" is a viable headline, but not really a problem that can be solved nor (generally) even a useful source of information about risks, as the likely inferred knowledge from titles like these generally has no correlation with reality.