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Do You Need to Buy This Insurance?
Fairly early in my career, I did a brief stint selling insurance.
Apr 23, 2021
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Christian Bieck
6 Simple Ways to Lower Your Internet Risk
A few weeks back, this March, the Internet turned 100000 [efn_note]100000 in binary equals 32, for those who don’t want to count zeros.[/efn_note].
Apr 20, 2021
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Christian Bieck
Jab... if you can: Long-Term Risk Effects
Christian’s excellent discussion on COVID-19, our recent IBM study "An Injection of Hope" on this subject, and zero-risk bias (elimination of a risk…
Apr 13, 2021
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Mark McLaughlin
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To Jab Or Not To Jab?
My wife received her first anti-COVID-19 jab two days ago, and by the time this post goes online, I will have just received mine, too.
Apr 9, 2021
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Christian Bieck
Three Thoughts About Technology Risk in Fiction
A while back, my wife and I were watching Ghost in the Shell – the Americanized live-action version, not the original anime.
Apr 6, 2021
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Christian Bieck
March 2021
Why is a Booby Trap Called Booby Trap?
Mark recently wrote about the US First Amendment (the right to free speech) and I am sure the Second (the right to bear arms) will also be examined from…
Mar 30, 2021
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Christian Bieck
Social Media Risks: Sparse and Random
Today’s increasingly toxic online environment has itself become a topic of debate.
Mar 23, 2021
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Mark McLaughlin
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Social Media Risks: Upside-Down
Much of the furor of today’s news and political world seems like it’s “the other side’s” fault.
Mar 19, 2021
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Mark McLaughlin
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The American First Amendment -- Risk Tradeoffs
As an American traveling throughout the world for many years, I’m asked frequently about our freewheeling lack of speech restrictions in my home…
Mar 16, 2021
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Mark McLaughlin
Some More Thoughts on Health Care
Last week, Mark discussed the risks and pitfalls of health care as relating to the US system.
Mar 12, 2021
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Christian Bieck
Why Having Fewer Lawyers Saves Lives
In one of our early posts, Mark talked about the risk of dying, or rather death statistics. For example, in 2010 about 400 people died in the US by…
Mar 9, 2021
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Christian Bieck
Regulating Explosive Risks
Amidst the well-earned publicity for the latest NASA landing on Mars of Perseverance, a quieter revolution is taking place in space launch capabilities.
Mar 5, 2021
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Mark McLaughlin
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