We Can Get Better at Seeing Disasters Coming
How do we prepare for catastrophes with uncertain timing, like earthquakes, and reduce their worst impacts? Here are some ideas.
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How do we prepare for catastrophes with uncertain timing, like earthquakes, and reduce their worst impacts? Here are some ideas.
High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.
The behavioral economic biases of 43 African American young adults aged 18 to 24 were evaluated on 4 fronts: present bias, information salience, overoptimism, and loss aversion.
Experts say lying protects us and allows us to conduct ourselves as individuals within a functioning society similarly to how other animals do in nature
Experts say lying protects us and allows us to conduct ourselves as individuals within a functioning society similarly to how other animals do in nature