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A pattern I noticed is that media coverage is biased towards the things that kill us that we don't have as much control over. I imagine people know heart disea
by mevile 7y ago
A pattern I noticed is that media coverage is biased towards the things that kill us that we don't have as much control over.
I imagine people know heart disease is a huge killer but they also know they can make lifestyle changes to prevent it and they know what those changes need to be.
- reallydude 7y ago> biased towards the things that kill us that we don't have as much control over. It's not about what we have control over, but what we have information about. Informed consent is the bedrock of western society, from the enlightenment period. I suspect fear mongering (and terrorism) is effective precisely because westerners are trained to define unknowns and mitigate danger. Some go so far as to be outraged that someone hasn't preternaturally predicted how an unknown could have been dealt with.