For example, students of policy have noted that the availability heuristic helps explain why some issues are highly salient in the public’s mind whil… - Daniel Kahneman

People tend to assess the relative importance of
issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory — and this is
largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently
mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from
awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their
view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that
authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media.
Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by
celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

The gorilla study illustrates two important facts about our minds: we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

you know far less about yourself than you feel you do.