Yet just as we are warned that "being inattentive to attractive relationship alternatives can enhance relationship well-being," so the opposite must be true.
Or, at the very least, we allow it to happen around us -- as long as we're warned.
Where Shenmue's setting felt appropriately homely, that of its sequel is alien and hostile, as we're warned of by motorcycle-riding, heavy metal-loving local Joy: "You'd better watch out, there're a lot of thieves here".
Then, as now, we were warned that Saddam's forces were the most powerful in the third world, that a grand coalition was needed to defeat them, and that a half-million U.S. troops were needed to mount a costly conquest of Iraq.
We were warned that as our gadgets become smarter – think video baby monitors, clever cars, heating that's programmable from your phone – the potential for actual physical harm becomes much more likely.
As treatment was introduced in sSA, we were warned of a situation of 'antiretroviral anarchy' where the rapid emergence and transmission of resistant viral strains would ultimately limit treatment options [ 24].
Have you noticed how, whenever there is a serious effort to put an end to business-as-usual, we are warned by insiders like Paulson and Summers that the result will be the end of civilization?
As prices slump, we are warned of imminent hyperinflation.
