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Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters

Why are we so afraid? Fear continues to saturate our lives: fear of nuclear destruction, fear of climate change, fear of the subversive, and fear of foreigners. But a recent Rolling Stone article about our “age of fear” notes that most Americans are living “in the safest place at the safest time in human history.” It continues: Around the globe, household wealth, longevity and education are on the rise, while […]