Scantlings

This last week I’ve had time to read, a real joy. Tiring of novels, I have wandered around the net and found some interesting bits. I thought others might have things to share, thus this topic.

This analysis of what we actually die of and what we read in the press is fascinating.

https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from?linkId=68864855?utm_campaign=digest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nuzzel

This article on homicide rates is also fascinating. People’s perceptions seem quite different from reality. The good old days were much more violent than people remember.

https://ourworldindata.org/homicides

BeauV wrote:This article on homicide rates is also fascinating. People’s perceptions seem quite different from reality. The good old days were much more violent than people remember.

https://ourworldindata.org/homicides

Mark Twain's books reflect this. In one, he describes seeing a lot of dead bodies perhaps due to a flood. He also reports on a steamboat explosion in which his brother died. Steamboats hardly ever explode anymore.