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They just do the naive cost-benefit analysis: everyone uses it, successful people use these things, yet no bad things happen to them, why should I really care?
by pas 7y ago
They just do the naive cost-benefit analysis: everyone uses it, successful people use these things, yet no bad things happen to them, why should I really care?
- oblio 7y agoAnd that behavior is rational. If I have 1 in 1 million chance of dying from a loose brick in a building falling on my head, the rational thing is to completely disregard this risk and live my life as usual, especially if I live in a city.
- colejohnson66 7y agoUnless it’s planes or terrorism. Why is that?
- fghtr 7y agoTV propaganda?
- teddyh 7y agoWhat you constantly hear is what you will think about. As long as people watch TV constantly, TV will control people’s minds.
- afarrell 7y agoEven if it is planes or terrorism.
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- tempguy9999 7y agoBelief it's an accident vs belief it's human agency. Perhaps.
- pas 7y agoWhat? Everybody who had 2 functioning neurons left told (and continues to tell) everybody after each and every fucking "terror" attack, that ... it doesn't really matter, it's a so minuscule amount of violence and death compared to big systemic things (car crashes, obesity, air/noise/attention pollution, mental health problems, domestic abuse, natural aging associated "problems" like dementia and dying, real foreign policy - barriers to trade, corruption, oppressive regimes, concentration camps). Of course. Of course. Certain powers milked (and continues to milk) flashy terror attacks for political gains.
- Enginerrrd 7y agoTotally. A lot of people leave the back door to their house unlocked too. Where risk is low, the amount of resources people expend to mitigate that risk is also low, and generally should be.
- marcus_holmes 7y agoWe're herd animals. We're safe if we stick with the herd.