Americans fear a lot of things, and our second-biggest terror is technology. That's according to a recent Chapman University survey, directly titled "America's Top Fears 2015".
For big categories, only what disasters humans can inflict on the world without necessarily involving technology came out ahead:
On average, Americans expressed the highest levels of fear about man-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks, followed by fears about technology, including corporate and government tracing of personal data ...
Narrowed down to specific fears, technology looms large again:
Scroll down for the Complete List of Fears, which is revealing, often unsurprising, and can be fine fodder for story ideas if you randomly combine any two or three. Beware the agin clowns! Cyberterrorists use insects to steal your identity!
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