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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... result , the terrorist threat was badly ne- glected . On the other hand , in the aftermath of a highly publicized event people are often far more fearful than they ought to be the phenomenon of " availability bias . " An available ...
... result would be paralysis , because so many courses of action would be forbidden . ( Even doing nothing might be prohib- ited ; human beings who do nothing — assuming we can agree what that means — will probably end up pretty unhealthy ...
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