Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2009 M05 15 - 352 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... fear a bad outcome in a roughly sim- ilar situation , whether or not their fear has any objective basis . By contrast , those who have no relevant experience may believe that an unlikely event is unworthy of attention . If a risk is ...
... fear from climate change . Taken together , chapters 1 and 2 offer concrete lessons about how a successful agreement for climate change might be made more probable , and how such an agreement might be structured . The discussion also ...
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