In reply to Philip Brewer.

I think cars would scare everyone if, with each accident and fatality, it was front and center on the news, pictures of hurt people + smashed cars with every incident nationwide. No one would want to drive and we'd be yelling for a ban on cars (or how about every vehicle must be self driving!).

The point being is -- it is how we sensationalize this stuff (looking at the media, politicians, pundits) and not necessarily because it is in the top ten threats (or whatever) that we should be paying the most attention to fixing now (we can't fix everything now).

I like what places like the Copenhagen Consensus Center is doing, seeing what makes the most sense in terms of real people helped vs time/effort/cost. I'd like to see how many people were helped by the "War on Drugs" or even the "War on Cancer" vs the number harmed by the same process. Other good examples in the Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_levitin_how_to_stay_calm_when_you_know_you_ll_be_stressed