Everything is Trying to Kill You
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Every summer, in Australia, we always talk about sharks. Well – we talk about fearing sharks. In 2016, there were 2 fatal shark attacks in Australia. In 2015 there were also 2, and 1 was provoked. Sharks are a pretty common fear, but they attack us incredibly rarely, and mostly by accident. Humans are pretty bad at understanding and managing risk. Some things just sound scarier than they are, while other things sound too mundane to worry about. But the truth is, just about everything in this world is trying to kill you. Sorry, but, life is hard! And we hear more about the rare and scary things than we do about the mundane things, building our irrational fears, and minimising our awareness of more common risks. And it’s important to know how to p...
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Every summer, in Australia, we always talk about sharks. Well – we talk about fearing sharks. In 2016, there were 2 fatal shark attacks in Australia. In 2015 there were also 2, and 1 was provoked. Sharks are a pretty common fear, but they attack us incredibly rarely, and mostly by accident. Humans are pretty bad at understanding and managing risk. Some things just sound scarier than they are, while other things sound too mundane to worry about. But the truth is, just about everything in this world is trying to kill you. Sorry, but, life is hard! And we hear more about the rare and scary things than we do about the mundane things, building our irrational fears, and minimising our awareness of more common risks. And it’s important to know how to p...
