Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

We keep asking “How?” instead of “Why?. TED Talk link below #sandiego #mosque #news #tedtalk #fyp

20 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief commentary, the speaker reacts to the recent San Diego mosque shooting, emphasizing that the tragedy involved two teenage perpetrators who also took their own lives. The speaker argues that society repeatedly fails to recognize and act on warning signs before such events occur. Citing their own TED Talk, they criticize the common focus on "how" the violence happens and instead call for a deeper inquiry into "why" these signs are consistently overlooked. The speaker urges a shift in public discourse toward understanding the underlying reasons for missed warnings and suggests that addressing this root cause is essential to preventing future tragedies.

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Here we go again. We have two teenagers in the San Diego mosque shooting who have taken the lives of innocent people and have taken their own lives. What are we doing, people? It's the same thing I talk about in my TED Talk. It's the same thing I keep saying over and over again. Instead of us asking how, how is this happening, we need to be asking why do we keep missing the signs? It's the same signs, people, but we keep missing them. So we need to talk about why we keep missing them and what we can do about it.