Jan 24
7 min read
Does Fear Work in Getting People to Change Behaviors?
The ethics of fear must be questioned, and a new way must be found
![From the artist: When we visited Utö, the most outer island of this beautiful archipelago in the place we call Finland [he visited] a series of abandoned bunkers from the times this island was a military strategic point and there I found this graffiti that represent very well the feeling of all that has to do with military, war, conflict and drama. Image of man holding his head in fear.](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*Blx4HxoHjjC4015vzImbYg.jpeg)
After years of trying every smoking-cessation program in the book, my mom finally quit smoking because an urgent care doctor told her he was worried about her lungs (she had gone in for a cold). He specifically said, “if your regular practitioner hears what I…
