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> "Remember Y2K? Nothing happened!" is a super toxic lesson to take away […]

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> Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings.[1] Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects.[2] The normalcy bias causes many people to prepare inadequately for natural disasters, market crashes, and calamities caused by human error. About 80% of people reportedly display normalcy bias during a disaster.[3]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias

Also maybe:

> Optimism bias or optimistic bias is a cognitive bias that causes someone to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event. It is also known as unrealistic optimism or comparative optimism.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism_bias



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