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Good comment. Reminds me of the paper Avoid News: "Take the following event. A car drives over a bridge, and the bridge collapses. What does the news media fo
by ohwp 13y ago
Good comment. Reminds me of the paper Avoid News:
"Take the following event. A car drives over a bridge, and the bridge collapses. What does the news media focus on? On the car. On the person in the car. Where he came from. Where he planned to go. How he experienced the crash (if he survived). What kind of person he is (was). But – that is all completely irrelevant. What’s relevant? The structural stability of the bridge. That’s the underlying risk that has been lurking and could lurk in other bridges. That is the lesson to be learned from this event."
Also:
"Terrorism is overrated. Chronic stress is underrated. The collapse of Lehman Brothers is overrated. Fiscal irresponsibility is underrated. Astronauts are overrated. Nurses are underrated. Britney Spears is overrated. IPCC reports are underrated. Airplane crashes are overrated. Resistance to antibiotics is underrated."
- jasonlotito 13y agoI'm not sure what you are trying to say. In all those cases, both sides of the story have been told. Indeed, I've seen more articles concerned about the safety of bridges then of the people in the car. You make claims of overrated or underrated. Are astronauts overrated? Are nurses underrated? We seem to be so quick to suggest as such, but astronauts are the public face of Nasa. And the good that has come out of Nasa should not be forgotten. Overrated and underrated are subjective terms. Without the so-called "overrated" stories, the underrated stories wouldn't be written. Hell, we're commenting on a so-called overrated story.
- calinet6 13y agoExactly. Americans have too much an Individual focus, not enough Systematic focus. It is to our extreme disadvantage.
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