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Eliminating tiny risks while ignoring massive ones

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You carefully wipe down your steering wheel with antibacterial wipes while driving eighty miles an hour without a seatbelt. Zero-risk bias causes a desperate need to completely eliminate a microscopic hazard while entirely ignoring far deadlier, harder-to-fix issues. Controlling the uncontrollable tiny details offers a pathetic, soothing comfort.

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