(I have been asked to list the dates {month, day, year} for previous posts I refer to in my blog to help readers find them without having to scroll the now lengthy list of blog posts on this site.) First, let me reiterate my key comments from the last four Read more…
In the last post I emphasized how despite all the technological advances (and actually because of), we do not live in a risk-free world, and never will. I love hearing people quote anecdotal stories of gramps who smoked 40 cigarettes a day and drank a quart of whiskey a day Read more…
Quoted material without a citation is from my Environmental Communication textbook. In general, we accept risks we choose to accept (or do not know about), complain about risks that are we know are imposed up on us, and bemoan when faced with Acts of God. It is the middle group Read more…
In my last post I outlined how experts and everyone else view risk differently. Risk experts like to talk about numbers that reflect mortality and morbidity, while non-experts view risk on a set of personal heuristics (outrage factors) to decide if a risk is acceptable or not. What is considered Read more…
“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while “ John-Paul Sartre It has been fascinating to observe how government officials have been drafting up all manner of draconian laws to ‘protect’ us all from a virus (Covid-19), and even more fascinating to observe Read more…