“Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we’d get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong.” Despite its misleading title, this article explores the human (not just American) tendency to get calculations of risk wrong.
Content: Article
Author: Jeffrey Kluger
Source: TIME
Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Risk Management
Author: Jeffrey Kluger
Source: TIME
Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Risk Management
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