
Why What Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Panic
Mar 12, 2020 says greater risk literacy would make the public less afraid of threats such as the COVID-19 epidemic.
Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
Mar 12, 2020 says greater risk literacy would make the public less afraid of threats such as the COVID-19 epidemic.
After a gradual decade-long democratization process, Myanmar’s military seized power again in February and is waging a ruthless crackdown against unarmed civilian protesters. A major escalation of the ongoing turmoil – civil war is a growing possibility – would have implications far beyond the country’s borders.