Jared Diamond's Guide To Reducing Life's Risks by Jared Diamond. The New York Times. January 28, 2013.
Drawing upon from 50 years of study of traditional society in New Guinea, Diamond presents a view of risk that emphasizes how frequent repetition of low risk activities, such as taking a shower, increases overall risk. New Guineans will not sleep under a dead tree even though the chance of the tree falling on any one occasion will be small. However they know that they sleep under a dead tree night after night for years, the chance of an accident will increase substantially.
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