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> without being orders of magnitude worse than the earthquake You're overlooking the exaggerated panic-and-horror reaction of the public to literally any kind
by crooked-v 5y ago
> without being orders of magnitude worse than the earthquake
You're overlooking the exaggerated panic-and-horror reaction of the public to literally any kind of nuclear incident. If you design merely for statistically acceptable results it's basically guaranteeing political blowback at some point.
- politician 5y agoThe Dominant Media has an exaggerated role in this when they whip up paranoia for ratings (really no different than Facebook prioritizing angry posts in your feed — eyeballs get ads).
- MadeThisToReply 5y ago> when they whip up paranoia for ratings Wait until you learn about a thing called COVID-19.
- qwerty456127 5y agoThere was no media coverage done in time for the Chernobyl incident and no panic/horror. Apparently lack of these didn't help much.
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