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Risk Blindness
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Risk Blindness

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Risk Blindness

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August 29, 2023

There's a concept in economic and climate-related circles called "risk blindness." The idea is that we tend to build our perception of risk, as individuals and communities, on prior norms. This generally makes sense: we can't build accurate mental models around things that haven't happened (and which we therefore have little reason to think will happen, i…

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