Planted on:
May 19, 2024 2:34 PM
Tended on:
May 19, 2024 2:39 PM
Some will cite improvements in life expectancy estimates, crime rates, health measures and more to argue that we are living in a relatively safe time and argue that people should not be worrying. But this ignores the lived experience of people, which is directly informed by COVID, political news, constant mass shootings, and more.
People aren’t safe if they don’t FEEL safe.
Seed Source:
Professor cited in “Is this the end of reading?”
He wanted to understand a seeming paradox: Even though we live in a relatively safe time — with life expectancies steadily increasing — young people are consumed with worry and see risks and existential danger all around them. (View Highlight)