The Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences recently conducted a survey of what Americans fear. The respondents were provided a list of eighty-eight different fears across a huge variety of topics ranging from crime, the government, disasters, personal anxieties, technology and many others.
Ref: Fear Survey
Below is a list of the 10 fears for which the highest percentage of Americans reported being “Afraid,” or “Very Afraid.”
Corruption of Government Officials_________58.0%
Cyber-terrorism________________________44.8%
Corporate Tracking of Personal Information___44.6%
Terrorist Attacks________________________44.4%
Govvernment Tracking of Personal Information_41.4%
Bio-Warfare_____________________________40.9%
Identity Theft___________________________39.6%
Economic Collapse_______________________39.2%
Running of out Money in the Future__________37.4%
Credit Card Fraud________________________36.9%
DonDiego is uncertain if such things as "corruption of government officials" or "tracking of personnel information" are properly labeled as things to fear or just things one has to accept as normal events nowadays or just things that are absolutely certain to happen.
But a review of the entire list, at the reference cited above, presents some surprises:
Number 11 is "Gun Control"; DonDiego is surprised it is so high, especially since "Break-Ins" is Number 41.
Number 13 is "Obamacare" ? ? ?
Number 21 is "Global Warming"; DonDiego would've expected it to be a mite higher, given all the publicity.
Number 26 is "Public Speaking"; this seems to have fallen dramatically - used to be #1 cited by folks in DonDiego's youth.
Number 77 "is Ghosts"; people actually still fear ghosts ? ? ?
Number 82 seems a mite low on the list for "Zombies", given all the publicity.
Murder Or Rape "by a stranger" each rank higher than "by someone you know".
Ref: Fear Survey
Below is a list of the 10 fears for which the highest percentage of Americans reported being “Afraid,” or “Very Afraid.”
Corruption of Government Officials_________58.0%
Cyber-terrorism________________________44.8%
Corporate Tracking of Personal Information___44.6%
Terrorist Attacks________________________44.4%
Govvernment Tracking of Personal Information_41.4%
Bio-Warfare_____________________________40.9%
Identity Theft___________________________39.6%
Economic Collapse_______________________39.2%
Running of out Money in the Future__________37.4%
Credit Card Fraud________________________36.9%
DonDiego is uncertain if such things as "corruption of government officials" or "tracking of personnel information" are properly labeled as things to fear or just things one has to accept as normal events nowadays or just things that are absolutely certain to happen.
But a review of the entire list, at the reference cited above, presents some surprises:
Number 11 is "Gun Control"; DonDiego is surprised it is so high, especially since "Break-Ins" is Number 41.
Number 13 is "Obamacare" ? ? ?
Number 21 is "Global Warming"; DonDiego would've expected it to be a mite higher, given all the publicity.
Number 26 is "Public Speaking"; this seems to have fallen dramatically - used to be #1 cited by folks in DonDiego's youth.
Number 77 "is Ghosts"; people actually still fear ghosts ? ? ?
Number 82 seems a mite low on the list for "Zombies", given all the publicity.
Murder Or Rape "by a stranger" each rank higher than "by someone you know".
