{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6281360903de790013c01ab1/6281360d9e3d710014a5eaa5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"302: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Or Is It?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6281360903de790013c01ab1/6281360d9e3d710014a5eaa5.png?height=200","description":"<p>Learn about the \"Mean World Syndrome\" and how the world is actually safer than you think.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics: Mean World Syndrome, George Gerbner, Logical Fallacies, Aristotle, Serial Killer's Apprentice</p><p><br></p><p>Further reading:</p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gerbner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gerbner</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0E4qHqZ5o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0E4qHqZ5o</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-rise-of-mean-world-syndrome-in-social-media/article21481089/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-rise-of-mean-world-syndrome-in-social-media/article21481089/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oscars-la-la-land-moonlight-arab-muslim-actor-audition-terrorist-i-am-done-a7595261.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oscars-la-la-land-moonlight-arab-muslim-actor-audition-terrorist-i-am-done-a7595261.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/gun_bullets_knives_pulled_from.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/gun_bullets_knives_pulled_from.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/the-man-who-counts-the-killings/376850/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/the-man-who-counts-the-killings/376850/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/george-gerbner-86-researcher-who-studied-violence-on-tv-is-dead.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/george-gerbner-86-researcher-who-studied-violence-on-tv-is-dead.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-murder-rate-hit-new-low-in-2018-11546559793\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-murder-rate-hit-new-low-in-2018-11546559793</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Equivocation.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Equivocation.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Secundum%20Quid.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Secundum%20Quid.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"James Renner"}