Disagree. It’s only very recently in human history that we know about stuff that isn’t happening in our immediate surroundings. If we heard about it, there was at least a possibility we could affect it. Our brains have only started learning how to handle news from the other side of the world and to correctly assess whether it’s a threat and relevant to us.

Of course, this is not exactly healthy and makes us feel helpless which is why anxiety seems to be more common.