People care about whatever they are told to care about by the media or whatever social media algorithms shove onto their feed. Whole countries can freak out ab

People care about whatever they are told to care about by the media or whatever social media algorithms shove onto their feed. Whole countries can freak out about the disappearance of one child or a car accident caused by some random intoxicated person and then everybody talks about their names, there are political leaders chiming in etc. Whole countries can come together to donate millions for the treatment of a rare disease of a single child. It's kinda random. Humans are not calibrated to care about actual stats, just stories. A good story of one person can weigh more than a boring story of millions. It's all theater, nothing more, whichever party wins... It's circus.