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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... issues of this kind . I have three specific goals . The first is to understand people's responses to worst - case scenarios and in particular their susceptibility to two opposite problems : excessive overreaction and utter neglect . As ...
... issues . In ordinary life , we do this all the time . If a really bad outcome will almost certainly not occur , and if we lose lot by trying to prevent it , precautionary steps will not have much appeal . If the worst - case scenario ...
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