If the danger KFC is closer and chance of instant oil death is low enough, I would go to that one. And to answer your second question, I would fly on the airpl

If the danger KFC is closer and chance of instant oil death is low enough, I would go to that one. And to answer your second question, I would fly on the airplane with the worsening safety record if its other characteristics made up for it (price, timing, etc). Why would an airline want the bad press, reputation effects, etc? That's a circular question to mine. My question was: why do people care so much about this minuscule increase in a minuscule risk? I agree that the game theory of such caring about caring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest) makes sense, but I still wonder why HN readers care about it as individuals, not as Boeing execs.