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Outliers with high impact become news. This is one reason why people become more afraid for an airplane or terrorist than a car accident. Recommended related m
by Fnoord 6y ago
Outliers with high impact become news. This is one reason why people become more afraid for an airplane or terrorist than a car accident.
Recommended related material: the book Factfulness by Hans Rosling [1] and Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice by Universiteit Leiden [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factfulness%3A_Ten_Reasons_We%27re_Wrong_About_the_World_%E2%80%93_and_Why_Things_Are_Better_Than_You_Think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factfulness%3A_Ten_Reasons_We%...
[2] https://www.coursera.org/learn/terrorism https://www.coursera.org/learn/terrorism