How to achieve adequate danger communication?
Jingquan Xiong
Human perception of danger is deeply personal—our instincts, evaluations, and reactions vary widely, often defying
logic. Yet, the way we sense, ignore, or internalize risks is rarely questioned.
This raises critical questions:
How do our surroundings shape what we fear?
What happens when these influences conflict, overlap, or fade?
To reflect on this, consider:
How do we reconcile when one person’s threat is another’s triviality?
How do media and social warnings amplify or dull our danger responses？
How does the brain prioritize "urgent" dangers over latent ones?
How do empathy, control, or familiarity distort our judgments?
How do trauma, storytelling, or repetition solidify risk associations?
How can systems anticipate risks before they manifest as harm?
How do our surroundings shape what we fear?
What happens when these influences conflict, overlap, or fade?
To reflect on this, consider:
How do we reconcile when one person’s threat is another’s triviality?
How do media and social warnings amplify or dull our danger responses？
How does the brain prioritize "urgent" dangers over latent ones?
How do empathy, control, or familiarity distort our judgments?
How do trauma, storytelling, or repetition solidify risk associations?
How can systems anticipate risks before they manifest as harm?
Mapping Danger: A Personal and Collective Study
Mapping Danger: A Personal and Collective Study explores the layered nature of danger cognition through a dual lens: personal memory and collective foresight. Structured as an accordion-fold book, it physically and conceptually separates two timelines: one side traces my own past experiences of risk and their lingering psychological imprints; the other presents contemporary, real-time observations of danger from five participants. Together, these perspectives map the complex terrain of danger cognition, shaped by family upbringing, cultural background, social environments, personal phobias, belief systems, reflective responses, and often unspoken emotional scars.
Dynamics of Danger Cognition
The author uses the “Dynamics of Danger Cognition” framework to help visualize how individuals shift between intuitive perception, intellectual knowledge, ignorance, and blind spots.