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Agreed. I add that the 24-hour news cycle is in it for the clicks, and they get lots of clicks selling fear. Risk assessment isn't one of our stong suits, eithe
by mikem170 6y ago
Agreed. I add that the 24-hour news cycle is in it for the clicks, and they get lots of clicks selling fear. Risk assessment isn't one of our stong suits, either (human nature being what it is).
- cutemonster 6y agocolechristensen wrote: > This is how a whole lot of people seek out happiness, by being "right" in their social circles, especially in a way that shows them as superior to large groups And apparently they do this instinctively, without reflecting about it or understanding what they're doing (they do it also when it gives a silly impression, at least on me). It's hardwired in the brain I'd think mikem170: > Risk assessment isn't one of our stong suits, either Long ago, in a hunter gatherer tribe, almost everything bad that you ever got to hear about, could happen to you too? So there was no need for the brain to get good at risk assessment -- just assuming that everything was "deadly dangerous" made sense, evolutionary? Doesn't scale up well, with news from the whole planet