A new study has found more than 250 people have died in pursuit of a perfect selfie.
The study published by the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care journal (and republished by the National Library of Medicine in the States) looks into how many of us social media obsessed plebs are dying for the ‘gram. Led by Dr. Agam Bansal at the India Institute of Medical Sciences, the study analyzed news articles from October 2011 to November 2017 and found there have been 259 reported deaths—dubbed selficides in one part of the article—resulting from that never-ending thirst for Instagram likes.
More here – Vice
I am sure you can apply the Pareto principle to humans ie. 80% are stupid 20% have some intelligence.
Horrible Histories would have a field day with this.
My kids loved it when they were younger.
Google it if you haven’t seen it, its a bit of a laugh.
Silly fun.
I think it might Darwinism at work