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This graphic has become a recently popular meme on social media, showing how excessive coverage of extreme black swan-type events has influenced the public conc
by wallace_f 7y ago
This graphic has become a recently popular meme on social media, showing how excessive coverage of extreme black swan-type events has influenced the public conciousness: https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/05/Causes-of-death-in-USA-vs.-media-coverage.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/05/Causes-of-death-i...
- cheerlessbog 7y agoSeems reasonable to me that there's more coverage of terrorism than heart disease. It's less predictable, more diverse, less within my personal control, etc. I'm more interested in the one murder in my town this year than in the hundred deaths from heart disease.
- cheerlessbog 7y agoHaving said that I personally would prefer more coverage of new ideas, research discoveries and other more thought provoking topics that also sent so depressing.
- exabrial 7y agoUnfortunately, that doesn't seem to turn a profit. One only has to look at the click bait that's included everywhere these days to see what sells.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoNice visual, and a similar one could be built to show the incidence and/or prevalence of various cancers versus the number of fundraising events or dollars. Breast and colon cancers would probably stand out as distant outliers in opposite directions.