Yes, I already agree, and am already at least partially trying to integrate this stuff in my daily life. Unfortunately, consciously telling myself “availability bias” does not actually reduce the emotional hit.
My belief is that a great deal of violence is caused by political, economic, and social deprivation and inequality
I dispute that this is a belief rather than a fact ;-).
I assume my government has those, but I don’t generally see them. Do they show those on the news or something? Why do you watch (or read or whatever) them? Are they useful? Are they entertaining?
Why do you watch (or read or whatever) them? Are they useful?
I mostly ignore them, but the ones about significant outbursts of violence are the ones you don’t ignore if you want to avoid being a part of a significant outburst of violence.
Yes, I already agree, and am already at least partially trying to integrate this stuff in my daily life. Unfortunately, consciously telling myself “availability bias” does not actually reduce the emotional hit.
I dispute that this is a belief rather than a fact ;-).
You could just try to reduce the availability bias by not making that stuff so available. How exactly did you hear about that?
I live here. The government put out a press release.
I assume my government has those, but I don’t generally see them. Do they show those on the news or something? Why do you watch (or read or whatever) them? Are they useful? Are they entertaining?
Yes.
I mostly ignore them, but the ones about significant outbursts of violence are the ones you don’t ignore if you want to avoid being a part of a significant outburst of violence.