"Most of what people worried about over the last five years -- inflation, rising interest rates, a double-dip recession, stagnant markets, Greece leaving the eu

"Most of what people worried about over the last five years -- inflation, rising interest rates, a double-dip recession, stagnant markets, Greece leaving the euro, a government default -- never occurred." Why? Because the reason most people are worried is based on something that they've read which is often because of this: "I've learned that journalists' need to write far exceeds the number of things that need to be written." The root of all opinion is generally what people are exposed to and what is written by a third party (not even an expert) as opposed to what they have actually figured out independently on their own or heard from multiple experts (who may have differing opinions). In other words their bias doesn't come from experience or informed opinion but merely what they are read that others have written. That's why polls are not as important as they look. Even if accurate they merely measure what people read in the paper, online, or see on the nightly news.