Fear (and memes) get clicks
I’m always amazed by the disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us. As my late friend Hans Rosling would say, we must fight the fear instinct that distorts our perspective: https://b-gat.es/2WvUqqp pic.twitter.com/SzXDFr4clj
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How about memes about fear?!?pic.twitter.com/6ZGUSDAk5y
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Elon’s single laughing emoji will get the most clicks...or clucks in this case.
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Did you say clicks or chicks.
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A companion graph illustrating what government spends on preventing each of these would be interesting.
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Why should govt waste resources on this nonsense
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Yeah because the Gov't doesn't waste any resources as it is
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Respectfully disagree A death on a cancer hospital bed is not same as one due to bomb blast In case of terror Death is caused by others Those killed are innocent Think of their age profile State can save them Hue & cry on murders & terror attacks keep Govt alert. Save lives.
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interestingly, suicide rate is higher than terrorism and homicide combined.
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But heart disease is so *boring*...
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Not if you've got heart disease it isn't
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I was being cynical - news report whatever sells, not always what is actually important.
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Twitter needs an irony font....
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Been saying this for a while now.
@Apple needs to step up for the iPhone and iPad. -
I could have just ended my tweet with a /s, but that would have involved thinking.
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