There’s a monster at the top of that mountain. It doesn’t hunt people, but it will eat anyone who walks into its mouth. Unless enough people walk in at once. Come on, we’ve got to walk into its mouth to save the people who are going to walk into its mouth!
Every year, a handful of small children, and visiting tourists, and people chasing stray pets, and people who get lost in the dark, accidentally wander up into the monster’s cave and into its mouth.
How big does this number have to be before it’s worth whipping up the village to kill the monster by all walking in together?
What if the monster has only recently settled in the mountain, so no wayward children have been eaten yet. The town holds a vote: either we can commit to drilling it into our children, and our stumbling drunks, and our visiting tourists to never, ever, ever, ever go up the mountain, or we can go up as one and get rid of the monster now. How do you think most people will vote?
There’s a monster at the top of that mountain. It doesn’t hunt people, but it will eat anyone who walks into its mouth. Unless enough people walk in at once. Come on, we’ve got to walk into its mouth to save the people who are going to walk into its mouth!
Every year, a handful of small children, and visiting tourists, and people chasing stray pets, and people who get lost in the dark, accidentally wander up into the monster’s cave and into its mouth.
How big does this number have to be before it’s worth whipping up the village to kill the monster by all walking in together?
What if the monster has only recently settled in the mountain, so no wayward children have been eaten yet. The town holds a vote: either we can commit to drilling it into our children, and our stumbling drunks, and our visiting tourists to never, ever, ever, ever go up the mountain, or we can go up as one and get rid of the monster now. How do you think most people will vote?
The answer is public education, rescue missions to bring people back before they get inside, and planning to kill the monster.