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www.schneier.com
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| | | | | I've written repeatedly about the difference between perceived and actual risk, and how it explains many seemingly perverse security trade-offs. Here's a Los Angeles Times op-ed that does the same. The author is Daniel Gilbert, psychology professor at Harvard. (I just recently finished his book Stumbling on Happiness, which is not a self-help book but instead about how the brain works. Strongly recommended.) The op-ed is about the public's reaction to the risks of global warming and terrorism, but the points he makes are much more general. He gives four reasons why some risks are perceived to be more or less serious than they actually are:... | |
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leisureguy.ca
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| | | | | 13 posts published by Leisureguy on January 28, 2019 | |
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patriotpost.us
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| | | | | The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland. | |
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www.scotusblog.com
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| | | The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Smith had asked th | ||
