Honest question: Is it ever a good idea to "freak out" about anything? What are some good examples in history where we look back and say: "Good thing people freaked out and panicked about this thing, because if we didn't it would have been really bad"? My intuition is that it's rarely a good idea to "freak out", and it usually causes more harm than good.
Here is an example: COVID. In January of 2020 journalists and politicians, and a lot of other people, kept saying to alarmed people that panic and "freaking out" is more dangerous than the virus itself. Those measured people said we should look at the flu, which killed much more people. Of course the alarmists were right, the flu and "panic" were both much less leathal than COVID.
I suppose if Hitler Germany had “freaked out” a little bit more about what the Nazis were doing, that might have been a good thing. Not trying to imply any parallels here, just answering your question.
