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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... imposing risks on future generations . Throughout , Sunstein uses climate change as a defining case , because it dramatically illustrates the underlying principles . But he also discusses terrorism , depletion of the ozone layer ...
... imposing serious hardships on many nations , including not just the United States but India and China as well . Perhaps ... impose unacceptable burdens on people who are in- fected or who are at risk of becoming infected . 4 WORST - CASE ...
... impose excessive precautions in the face of some risks , they are often falling victim to " probability neglect ... imposed by attempting to eliminate worst - case sce- narios ; but in other contexts , they are not attuned to those ...
... imposed by precautions . It is important to look at both sides of the ledger . Risk and uncertainty With these points in mind , we can make a good deal of progress in understanding why , and when , people fail to respond sensibly to ...
... impose great sacrifices on itself for the sake of those who will come later . If human history is any guide , the future will be much richer than the present ; and it makes no sense to say that the relatively impoverished present should ...