[squigz]

I'd like to think of myself as a rational person, yet I worry about it. Because it's not just a matter of math; the effects of a billion people dying at once would be far more detrimental than the deaths from cancer over a century.

(One might think this line of reasoning that some people apply is a coping mechanism to ignore the reality, but that might be a different conversation)

[timeon]

But it is not just about coping. We as society, can make policies to decrease chance of getting a cancer and decrease traffic deaths. We just chose not to out of convenience and profit.

[w0m]

it's easier to ignore 100 papercuts than it is to ignore missing a hand.

[valval]

Your analogy makes no sense whatsoever. More mundane causes of death aren’t paper cuts, and nuclear war isn’t losing a hand.

[squigz]

It makes sense to me. You understand it's not meant to be taken literally, right?

[mensetmanusman]

Not really, we all eventually die. No need to worry about how you will die past 70.