average person

They are far from the only voices in Washington that see China as a threat to US security and its economy – a view that surprises the average person in Beijing.

Flying in a private jet for a single hour can release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the average person produces in a year, according to the research team.

The worst offenders, Gössling says, can pollute 550 times more than the average person in a given year through private jet travel alone.

The paper’s authors, representing four universities and Microsoft, conducted a review of the behavioral science literature and identified what they characterize as three common misperceptions: That the average person’s exposure to false and inflammatory content is high, that algorithms are driving this exposure, and that many broader problems in society are predominantly caused by social media.

What’s the average person to make of these seemingly divergent views?