Seth Godin:
Vivid is not the same as true. It’s far easier to amplify sudden and horrible outcomes than it is to talk about the slow, grinding reality of day to day strife. That’s just human nature.
How often has the mundane reality been worse and drastically different then what we expect reality to be? A nuclear disaster is a perfect example. The disaster sells news therefore it’s reported. A scientific study, conducted over 25 years, about how terrible coal is doesn’t even make it to YouTube. Sad really.