It is a strange thing, how the brain calculates danger.
You would think a kilogram of fear is the same everywhere, like a kilogram of sugar. But it is not. Fear is priced locally. In one city you hear a car backfire and three people dive under the table, in another you hear automatic gunfire and people only speed up their steps because they are late for work. The bullets … Read the rest
The Curious Arithmetic of Modern Risk
Content 18+ If you were to believe what people say on the internet (which you shouldn’t), you’d think your odds of dying in a plane crash are somewhere between “basically guaranteed” and “this is it, Karen, we’re going down.” Yet, strangely, commercial aviation fatalities hover around 1 in 11 million per flight, which, statistically, means that you’re more likely to die slipping in your … Read the rest
