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What does it mean?
Plans affecting millions of lives are treated with unsettling indifference.
In plain terms
Mass casualty scenarios are accepted too casually.
What can you take from it?
Take potential large-scale consequences seriously.

Where it applies

  • government planning
  • crisis management
  • public discourse

Putting it to work

  • question policy assumptions
  • analyze decision-making processes
  • raise public awareness

Questions to consider

  • How should societies respond to large risks?
  • What accountability exists for policy decisions?

Another view

The quote generalizes public attitude across different regions.

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