By: Neil Schulman Spring 2012 Risk Homeostasis states that people have a target level of risk they're willing to tolerate. Above that risk level, things are scary; below it, they are boring. Give a cabbie better brakes and he'll drive faster. Give a kayaker a drysuit and she'll paddle in bigger seas. This might not seem like a problem, since that kayaker gets more challenging paddling for the same level of risk. However, paddlers often assume that safety equipment provides more safety – or different kinds of safety – than it does. Read More at http://content.yudu.com/A1vub9/akspring12/resources/26.htm |
