The Pursuit of Safety Puts Us at Greater Risk

Our attempts to stay safe are actually producing more exposure to the risks we are trying to avoid.

By Heather Anderson | October 09, 2015 at 08:00 PM

I'm anxiously awaiting the release of Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe. Author Greg Ip, a financial and economic journalist for Wall Street Journal and The Economist, observed that although we have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster, we still experience car crashes, floods and financial crises.

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