Jonawan@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that after 9/11, many Americans opted to drive instead of fly. The shift led to a surge in crash deaths. The number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.www.tandfonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1523
arrow-up1523external-linkTIL that after 9/11, many Americans opted to drive instead of fly. The shift led to a surge in crash deaths. The number of lives lost (2,000+) is comparable to those killed on 9/11.www.tandfonline.comJonawan@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoBut the same forces are at play everywhere, it’s just that in the US you have this extremely powerful arm of the media that straight up pushes lies. Those lies, however, play on the same fears and cognitive biases.
But the same forces are at play everywhere, it’s just that in the US you have this extremely powerful arm of the media that straight up pushes lies. Those lies, however, play on the same fears and cognitive biases.