Naomi Klein TED Talk: Addicted to Risk

[ProfessionalLeftist]

Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ...

http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_risk.html

[HuckleB]

1. It's like we're a bipolar society.

We fear and avoid things that have small risk, while going forward with risky things without a thought.

[applegrove]

2. Rich millionaires can afford great risk because if they fail their lives will hardly change. Working

people are always at risk just trying to put food on the table. What they need is the share risk as in public health insurance.