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Nov. 17th, 2007 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_ultharus'Twas a stressful day at work. Things are still crazy in that environment, even though September ended a month and a half ago. Yet the paperwork just keeps building up.
So today, I just relaxed. I did finish a short story, but otherwise I've been completely goofing off. I did find a book review by Margaret Atwood reviewing Brave New World that basically makes the point that we're almost living in Huxley's world now.
So, uh, yeah. Probably the fault of Phoenix Wright, but I've been reading up on a lot of crime statistics the last few days, and every time I do that, I'm struck by how completely detached from reality perceptions of crime tend to be -- most people are shocked when I tell them that violent crime has been dropping for thirty years, that re-offence rates are extremely low for convicted criminals, and that children are in far more danger from their families than they are from strangers.
On this and so many other things, reality is so detached from "common-sense" perceptions, and it's usually those who think they have the most common sense, especially when it comes to matters of crime or economics, who are the most astonished by the numbers.
So today, I just relaxed. I did finish a short story, but otherwise I've been completely goofing off. I did find a book review by Margaret Atwood reviewing Brave New World that basically makes the point that we're almost living in Huxley's world now.
So, uh, yeah. Probably the fault of Phoenix Wright, but I've been reading up on a lot of crime statistics the last few days, and every time I do that, I'm struck by how completely detached from reality perceptions of crime tend to be -- most people are shocked when I tell them that violent crime has been dropping for thirty years, that re-offence rates are extremely low for convicted criminals, and that children are in far more danger from their families than they are from strangers.
On this and so many other things, reality is so detached from "common-sense" perceptions, and it's usually those who think they have the most common sense, especially when it comes to matters of crime or economics, who are the most astonished by the numbers.