Yes... In general I think we're all too concerned about things WAY beyond our spheres of influence. My wife, though she's gotten better, tends to get too emoti

Yes... In general I think we're all too concerned about things WAY beyond our spheres of influence. My wife, though she's gotten better, tends to get too emotionally invested in situations abroad. I try to explain to her that I'm not dispassionate but that I realize we live in an imperfect world where bad things are happening all the time and just because people on TV or wherever are bringing it to her attention doesn't mean it's any worse than a similar situation happening some place else that she's not hearing about. The problem is when folks hear about all these negative events they tend to want government to tinker until we reach a utopia where nothing bad happens anymore. The tough question though; how do we create/maintain an optimally informed electorate?