How do you classify a person who skydives, yet won't stand up to his/her boss? Is he/she a risk-taker? Understanding why we take some risks and yet avoid others is at the heart of risk management. Researchers at the University of Michigan have recently published a paper titled Towards the development of an evolutionary valid domain-specific risk-taking scale - an unwieldy title better explained in an article titled Not all risk is created equal by the University of Michigan News Service.
Thanks to Gila Pyke for passing this link along.
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For some related reading, check out Bruce Schneier's essay on 'Why the Human Brain is a Poor Judge of Risk'.
http://www.schneier.com/essay-162.html
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