Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fear and paranoia can make people perceive invisible dangers in their own homes.
- In plain terms
- Some people live in constant fear of unseen dangers around them.
- What can you take from it?
- Anxiety can distort our sense of safety.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What invisible things do we fear?
- How does technology change our safety?
Another view
Not all fears are irrational; some risks are real.
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