7 of the Most Common Irrational Fears (and 7 Things We Should Be Scared of Instead)
by Stephen Johnson from Lifehacker on (#5YH83)

The modern world is largely safe from the primitives dangers that plagued our ancestors-wild animal attacks are rare; few of us will ever step off a cliff and die because glasses haven't been invented. This doesn't mean death and danger have been vanquished. We've just forced them into forms that are so new to us as...