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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.

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

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

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

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

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