On Psychic Numbing – Co-written by Paul Slovic & Nicole Smith Dahmen
A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of a migrant child after a number of migrants died and a smaller number were reported missing after boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized, near the Turkish resort of Bodrum early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/DHA) TURKEY OUT
This article is a MUST read. Co-written by University of Oregon Professors Paul Slovic & Nicole Smith Dahmen, this article discusses the psychological reasons for why we don’t act in the face of human suffering.
Click the link below to read the full article:
http://qz.com/772819/aylan-kurdis-tragic-death-a-year-ago-didnt-stop-us-from-staying-numb-to-the-syrian-refugee-crisis/