I think you're underestimating yourself. I can control my own actions, so my worry about heart disease can inform my dietary choices. We can control gun violence by influencing culture or changing laws, so gun control…
I agree that much of what the TSA does is security theater, but... at least we got that? It shows that we as a society cared enough to "put on a show" of protecting ourselves from terrorism. I welcome more research on…
It's precisely because we have far more control over heart disease that we do not fear it. I can accept getting heart disease—maybe it was my fault?—much more readily that being actively, senselessly, killed by someone…
I think you're underestimating yourself. I can control my own actions, so my worry about heart disease can inform my dietary choices. We can control gun violence by influencing culture or changing laws, so gun control…
I agree that much of what the TSA does is security theater, but... at least we got that? It shows that we as a society cared enough to "put on a show" of protecting ourselves from terrorism. I welcome more research on…
It's precisely because we have far more control over heart disease that we do not fear it. I can accept getting heart disease—maybe it was my fault?—much more readily that being actively, senselessly, killed by someone…