Debris field found in search for missing submersible

Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by mbesto on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:35PM (#36442141)

"One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic."

I love to bemoan about the media just like the next person, but sadly this is just human nature.

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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by wiseowise on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:20AM (#36443475)

There’s nothing sad about it.

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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by yreg on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:54PM (#36450158)

From one perspective I agree with you. E.g. there's nothing sad about the fact that I have followed some of the news about this incident, it is interesting afterall.

But I think most of us would agree that it is sad that humans cannot allocate public resources in a more utilitarian way to save lives or maximalize happiness.[0]

And I think the reason of that is human nature. Our empathy doesn't care about scales of a tragedies. An individual sad tale can make us feel exactly the same as a war where millions are affected.

[0] Planet Money had an insightful episode on this: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/835571843

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