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The Pursuit of Safety Increases Our Risk

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

By Heather Anderson | Updated on October 08, 2015
Heather AndersonI’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.

In fact, our attempts to stay safe are actually producing more exposure to the risks we are trying to avoid.

Consider this excerpt from the book, which was reviewed by my favorite economist, Tyler Cowen, in his popular Marginal Revolution blog.

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