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Societies have a pattern of drastically overreacting to a problem after one emotionally vivid incident, as with DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power

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open-ended compiled from Tyler Cowen’s public statements · first recorded here 1 Sept 2026

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1 Sept 2026

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Their wordsYet each time, we drastically overreacted, letting ourselves get swept up in a climate of fear after one emotionally vivid incident

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