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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... loss , climate change , and ge- netic modification of food , Vice President Cheney urged that gov- ernments should identify , and attempt to prevent , the worst - case scenario . Indeed , another vice president , Al Gore , implied a ...
... losses that do not involve money , and that are hard to turn into monetary equivalents , it is important to attend to both ... loss . Suppose that you have a health problem of some kind — serious heart disease , a brain tumor , failing ...
... losses and even create risks of their own . Risks , and bad worst cases , may be on all sides . Preemp- tive wars — designed to eliminate threats before they can material- ize , including the 2003 Iraq invasion and Israel's 2006 attack ...
... losses from vari- ous courses of action , including staying the current course ( " busi- ness as usual " ) . Perhaps a margin of safety should be created to protect against the worst cases ; but as we shall see , it is important to know ...
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