Re:Waymo gets green light in California to pick up passenger...
by michaelt on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:01AM
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I don't really understand how this
meme gets so much traction.
The trick is to compare driving deaths to other things where we had a much bigger (or smaller) reaction relative to the number of lives lost.
For example, tell someone "cars kill as many people as twelve September-11th attacks every year" and they might wonder where the trillion-dollar war on road deaths is.
On the other hand, tell someone "heart disease kills 17 times as many people as cars every year" and you'll give them the opposite impression.
For example, tell someone "cars kill as many people as twelve September-11th attacks every year" and they might wonder where the trillion-dollar war on road deaths is.
On the other hand, tell someone "heart disease kills 17 times as many people as cars every year" and you'll give them the opposite impression.