Reasons that People over Estimate Risk
We overestimate the risk,
- When it has catastrophic consequences
- When we are unfamiliar or don’t understand the subject
- When we think we are not in control
- When our children are involved
- When the future generation bears the consequences.
- When we know the victim personally
- When the effect generates fear
- When the involved institution is not trustworthy
- When it is in the media
- When it has happened in the past
- When someone benefits from it
- When the accompanied benefit is not clear
- When the loss is irreversible
- When we are exposed to the risk
- When it is a man-made. Well, we don’t blame vocalno for erupting but we do try to find people responsible for making a nuclear power plant explode.
- When the threat is more recent
SOURCE: The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain
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Book or Audiobooks?
Personally, I prefer audiobooks. It's fun, and I can listen when I'm doing something else. It also makes other activities (e.g., jogging) a lot more fun. For more detail about audiobooks, please read [this post].

However, when the material is an audiobook, it is extremely hard to locate a specific part of content. Most likely you will have to listen to the entire audiobook once again.
This book summary will help solve the pain of having to go through the book all over again.
I am leaving out the details of the books. Most books have interesting examples and case studies, not included here. Reading the original book would be much more entertaining and enlightening. If you like the summary, you may want to get the original from the source below.
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