Sornette, Didier; Cauwels, Peter - 2020
We live in a ‘zero-risk society', characterized by a culture that is obsessed with controlling and removing any … known unknowns but even unknown unknowns. This may sound like a paradox, but, bold risk-taking is an essential ingredient of … attribute this to five deeper causes: (i) risk aversion as a consequence of increasing wealth and aging; (ii) increasing …