The parable of the boiling frog goes as follows (it isn’t true apparently, but makes for a good story): if you throw a frog into boiling water it will jump out immediately, saving its life, but if you put the frog in water and heat it up slowly it won’t notice the danger before it dies.
People are the same.
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