Das Risikoparadox
Why we are afraid of the wrong thing
We think we are constantly recognizing new dangers – bird flu, swine fever, electrosmog, crime and the like appear in the media almost every day. The fear of such “false” dangers obscures our view of the “real” risks that threaten us and our posterity. The internationally renowned risk researcher Ortwin Renn shows what these are, why we underestimate them and how we can deal with them responsibly.