Stop getting scared by terrorism, a few dozen people is nothing compared to even mundane things like traffic deaths.
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theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 year ago[deleted]
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I mean, I get it, but this is the same logic that is sometimes used for school shootings. It’s abhorrent to ignore a large increase compared to other places just because it is still a small chance, and therefore do nothing.
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I like making these less likely, but I know my government’s just gonna pump more money into cops and surveillance rather than do anything effective like making people less disenfranchised and desperate.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
By this logic, every war is safer today than in all of human history, so who fucking cares.
/s
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Therefore I must pay attention to everything else? People were not designed to be globally concerned constantly.
grue@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He’s not wrong: if the topic isn’t within your circle of control, then worrying over it is just mentally masturbating to disaster porn.
The key is that the advice to ignore such things isn’t about advocating for blissful ignorance like you think it is. It’s that shrinking your circle of concern frees up your focus to grow your circle of control.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Thank you for contributing better than I could. You said it very well.