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I feel it’s the opposite - everyone expects things to go on as they are. At least in stable countries. We are hard wired not to expect the world to end.
by quickthrower2 5y ago
I feel it’s the opposite - everyone expects things to go on as they are. At least in stable countries. We are hard wired not to expect the world to end.
- thrdbndndn 5y agoAgreed. By the way, is there any sort of memoirs from ordinary people before WW2? Like did people at the time see it coming 1 years, 5 years etc. before?
- hindsightbias 5y agoRoosevelt and Churchill certainly saw it coming.
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- NL807 5y agoInteresting question. Would be good to study such data.
- mellavora 5y agoThe bond market famously did not see WWI coming. And WWI was arguably much more catastrophic that WWII.
- thrdbndndn 5y ago>WWI was arguably much more catastrophic that WWII. For the Europe, probably. Worldwide wise, not even close.