Please tell us what we can do about this. Humans do not have the mental capabilities to resist this, that much is abundantly clear. "The Better Angels of Our Nature" is what the USA is based upon, and fear will always win. Ironically, the things they should actually be afraid of, e.g. Global Warming, Controlled Speech, Government Corruption, Economic Repression, and Corporate Control seems to be quite easy to ignore.
You make an excellent point—fear is an incredibly powerful tool, and unfortunately, it’s often focused on immediate, tangible threats while the bigger, long-term dangers like global warming, controlled speech, government corruption, economic repression, and corporate control are easier to ignore.
Why? Because these issues feel distant and abstract to most people. Their impacts unfold over years or decades, making them harder to emotionally grasp compared to the instant punch of a manufactured crisis.
What can we do? The key lies in education and media literacy, but on a systemic level, not just individual. We need institutions, schools, and platforms to prioritize teaching people how to think critically—not just what to think. Technology, though a double-edge sword, could play a role in amplifying balanced, factual content over sensationalist clickbait.
Please tell us what we can do about this. Humans do not have the mental capabilities to resist this, that much is abundantly clear. "The Better Angels of Our Nature" is what the USA is based upon, and fear will always win. Ironically, the things they should actually be afraid of, e.g. Global Warming, Controlled Speech, Government Corruption, Economic Repression, and Corporate Control seems to be quite easy to ignore.
You make an excellent point—fear is an incredibly powerful tool, and unfortunately, it’s often focused on immediate, tangible threats while the bigger, long-term dangers like global warming, controlled speech, government corruption, economic repression, and corporate control are easier to ignore.
Why? Because these issues feel distant and abstract to most people. Their impacts unfold over years or decades, making them harder to emotionally grasp compared to the instant punch of a manufactured crisis.
What can we do? The key lies in education and media literacy, but on a systemic level, not just individual. We need institutions, schools, and platforms to prioritize teaching people how to think critically—not just what to think. Technology, though a double-edge sword, could play a role in amplifying balanced, factual content over sensationalist clickbait.