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Any article about impending catastrophes that may well end up wiping us all from the Planet are a bit hard to tolerate. When we are confronted to them our brain
by human3047628272 6y ago
Any article about impending catastrophes that may well end up wiping us all from the Planet are a bit hard to tolerate. When we are confronted to them our brain automatically trigger its best protection mechanism, which is denial. We immediately think of thousands of reasons convincing us that the article is wrong, misinformed, etc. Another article with any explanation of why the first one is wrong is therefore much more pleasant to our brain.
That's why denial articles get more coverage. That's also why we don't clearly see the reality and why we do nothing to prevent our impending doom.
- andrewprock 6y agoYet post-apocalyptic entertainment media is a thriving niche.
- HankB99 6y agoWould that be for the same reason automobile traffic slows to a crawl when there is a traffic accident to view? (Not talking about traffic in the same direction which is subject to lane closure and slowed down for safety of responders but traffic in the opposite direction.)
- goatlover 6y agoOr they're sensationalistic worst-case scenarios that get views. There's a big difference between climate change being an ongoing challenge for civilization and we're all doomed.