Risk
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't - and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Dan Gardner · first published 2008
100% recommend
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF. In 2003, a Home Office report stated that 68 British children have been abducted that year by a stranger. With 11.4 million children under 16 living in the UK, that works out to a risk of one in 167,647.158 people in Britain have died from the human variation of mad cow disease yet 12,000 Britons are killed each year by flu and related complications. In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Gardner explores a new way of thinking about the decisions we make.We are the safest and healthiest human beings who ever lived, and yet irrational fear of t
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Agreed. This is an excellent book: http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Science-Politics-Dan-Gardner/dp/1... on the subject (I've recommended it a few times before)
One I consistently recommend is "Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear" by Dan Gardner, it's a fantastic insight into how we approach risk both individually and as a society. It can be pretty revelatory. http://www.amazon.com/RISK-SCIENCE-POLITICS-DAN-GARDNER/dp/0...
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗Hey Guys, I just finished reading Risk (The Science of Politics and Fear) by Dan Gardner and figured I should recommend it as a great read. I wouldn't normally recommend a book here but I suspect it is the kind of book a lot of people would…
on “Tell HN: Risk, Dan Gardner” ↗Risk, the science of politics and fear by Dan Gardner (absolutely fantastic book, I already mentioned it on here earlier in the year). The Game (again). I read this regularly to remind me of a few things…
on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗Risk: the science and politics of fear. By dan Gardner I've recommended, and reviewed, it here before. Basically it is a pop-science look at how humans react and view fear. Brilliant read with lots of good…
on “Ask HN: Interesting (Non software) books?” ↗If interested in reading more, I highly recommend Dan Gardner's "Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear". (Also named "Science of Fear" in some markets.) It's a very good examination of risk perception and the cognitive faults we fall into.
on “Risk, probability, and how our brains are easily misled” ↗For those wanting to go deeper on this subject, a very good book is Dan Gardner's "Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear".
on “Why We're Living in the Age of Fear” ↗Amazon Link (in case ppl struggle to find it) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Science-Politics-Dan-Gardner/dp...
on “Tell HN: Risk, Dan Gardner” ↗