"Data confirms more women have realized there are far worse things than dying alone, which is bad news for the patriarchy"

Public shaming and cult /follower building often go hand in hand- a traumatic event + adrenaline tricks you into a sunk cost fallacy faster (especially when you don’t have the luxury of time) binding you closer to the group/experience.

"At the country level, among developed countries, there is no relationship between energy use and development. Further, for all countries with normal economies, the less energy-intensive is a country’s economy, the happier are its people."