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There are 40 homicides a month in Chicago; they get even less media attention: https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides/ https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides
by masonic 7y ago
There are 40 homicides a month in Chicago; they get even less media attention:
https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides/ https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides/
- ksaj 7y agoNeil Degrasse Tyson is catching quite a bit of flack for pointing out such things. I do believe his point is that we obsessively turn specific events into front page news, while completely ignoring / normalizing other more common tragic numbers. Maybe if we dwelled equally on human excellence, we'd see a sudden rise in front page excellence.