When We Lose Antibiotics, Here's Everything Else We'll Lose Too

Re:When We Lose Antibiotics, Here's Everything Else We'll Lo... by sliverstorm on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @05:23PM (#6771641)

Perhaps people want to know about impending doom in the faint hope they can do something about it, while they don't read about impending happiness because- well, who wants to prevent happiness?

Also, articles about impending happiness can wind up making you unhappy. Just think of all the "Cancer cured! (in mice)" articles, as well as product vaporware.

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Re:When We Lose Antibiotics, Here's Everything Else We'll Lo... by ChuckMcM on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @07:54PM (#6772400)

I think that is an excellent insight. Basically people are more invested in 'stopping' doom than they are in 'starting' happiness. A number of interesting behaviors fall out of that using a strict action selection type mechanism.

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