Another interesting subtlety the post discusses is that while the intro sets up “We live in the safest era in human history, yet we’re more terrified of death than ever before,” there’s a plausible case for causality in the other direction. That is, it’s possible that because we live in a safe era, we err more on the side of avoiding death.
Another interesting subtlety the post discusses is that while the intro sets up “We live in the safest era in human history, yet we’re more terrified of death than ever before,” there’s a plausible case for causality in the other direction. That is, it’s possible that because we live in a safe era, we err more on the side of avoiding death.
Oh, definitely, I truly think this is most of the explanation, but was curious how much the other direction contributed.
Yeah it’s something I don’t want to do a deep-dive in, but if you do, happy to read and signal-boost it!