> 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.

> 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.