the war. The teacher brought up a quote on the white board said by Joseph Stalin, which stated: “one death is a tragedy, 1 million deaths is a statistic.” And since then it has always stuck with me. Because when it comes to hearing about current events it’s very easy to get tied into the politics or actions of certain things without fully considering the massive amounts of people or things that are sometimes affected. The Telescope Effect will sometimes dictate how we feel about politics, or certain actions. I agree with the Author that the way we feel empathy for few as opposed to the many because our brain’s telescope will lead us to the conclusion that the majority is not capable of being helped in the same respect that the minority is more
