How do we tell the story of risk?
May 28, 2021
3 minutes
By Ian Macleod
our little mammalian brains are fantastically evolved to deal with risk. That’s how every one of your and my ancestors survived long enough for us to be here. But they didn’t manage risk numerically. As hunter gatherers, nobody knew the chances of being eaten by a lion. However, we know there is risk and find ways to act in the face of it. We comprehend risk as narrative.
There is no shortage of examples showing how poorly we
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