The World isn't Nearly as Terrible as We Think (or is it?)

As soon as we turn on the radio or television, or scroll through our social media feeds, a rush of tragic events scourges our minds. From pandemics to street violence, from clashes between countries to changes in climate: if we immerse ourselves in these messages long enough, the world becomes a terrible place.

When it’s all doom and gloom out there, one’s view of the outside world tends to be bleak. This video shares a couple of things that might change such bleak views by explaining why the world probably isn’t as terrible as we think, but, at the same time, it actually is.

The World isn't Nearly as Terrible as We Think (or is it?)

Relevant links:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200512-how-the-news-changes-the-way-we-think-and-behave
https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-020-00654-4
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/11/lowest-point
https://ontario.cmha.ca/wp-content/files/2012/07/mass_media.pdf
https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751

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https://archive.org/details/1933-JosephGoebbelsSprichtAlsVorrednerAdolfHitlersAm10.Februar1933
https://archive.org/details/Journali1940
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https://archive.org/details/62833_1411105289_s01_Spiegel_van_Nederland_No_9_62833
https://archive.org/details/ADC-5097
https://archive.org/details/62712_1411108732_s01_Spiegel_van_Nederland_62712
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https://archive.org/details/0763_You_and_Your_Friends_E01756_02_37_55_14
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00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Information is profit
03:16 - Selective perception
04:26 - The rabbit hole
06:55 - Things change, but don't
09:42 - We create reality

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