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s/interesting/a goddamn tragedy/ Humans are predisposed to react to sudden, violent events, probably for evolutionary reasons. More people will die from air po
by labster 5y ago
s/interesting/a goddamn tragedy/
Humans are predisposed to react to sudden, violent events, probably for evolutionary reasons. More people will die from air pollution than in the war in Ukraine, but whatever. As long as I don’t have to buy a new electric lawnmower I guess all the death is fine.
- scrollaway 5y ago> More people will die from air pollution than in the war in Ukraine I'm as anti air pollution as they come, but the war in Ukraine threatens a lot more than the immediate loss of life. It threatens the entire stability of Europe and beyond, that is part of why the world is taking such massive action. We're a few wrong moves away from hundreds of millions of lives lost over a few years/decades, from the war and its subsequent fallout.
- hinkley 5y agoWe also apply strange modifiers to choice. We resent choices foisted upon us. We are more comfortable with adversity we volunteer for (or believe we did). We also blame people more for active choices than inactive ones. Even when we probably shouldn't.