Fear And Freedom
5 min readMar 4, 2020
Why we live in an increasingly locked-down world
Benjamin Franklin once said: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Unfortunately, no one cares what ol’ Ben said. Our ape-brains brains are hardwired for loss aversion, and specifically for short-term loss aversion. As a result we’re easily terrified into surrendering large…
