Lots of people had their worst day today. You can help a bit. Here's howhttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/20/16338698/donate-hurricane-earthquake-relief-recovery …
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when tragedies strike huge numbers of people. It's easy to feel helpless. We too easily start to feel numbhttps://www.vox.com/explainers/2017/7/19/15925506/psychic-numbing-paul-slovic-apathy …
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But remember "Even partial solutions can save whole lives." Just because a dollar looks frail and tiny next to insurmountable pain...
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... it can still help.
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Of all the interviews I've done this year, I think about this one the most https://www.vox.com/explainers/2017/7/19/15925506/psychic-numbing-paul-slovic-apathy … Paul Slovic, a psych professor
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"The feeling system doesn't really add; it can't multiply, it doesn't handle numbers very well. It's maximized at the number one"
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"there is no constant value for a human life, that the value of a single life diminishes against the backdrop of a larger tragedy."
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But there are ways to break through the numbing. And give people an avenue to helphttps://www.vox.com/explainers/2017/7/19/15925506/psychic-numbing-paul-slovic-apathy …
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