Risk

thumb|upright=1.35|Firefighters are exposed to risks of [[fire and building collapse during their work.]]

an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".

thumb|262px|Disappointment (1882), by Julius LeBlanc Stewart

person who performs stunts

branch of applied probability theory

technological innovation that creates a new market and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market-leading firms, products, and alliances

2007 essay by Naomi Klein

Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly. The approach of vulnerability in itself brings great expectations of social policy and gerontological planning. Types of vulnerability include social, cognitive, environmental, emotional or military.

manner in which modern society organizes in response to risk

standard related to risk management, as published by International Organization for Standardization

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risk of a natural phenomenon that might have a negative effect on humans or the environment

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hypothetical tendency for sufficiently intelligent agents to pursue unbounded instrumental goals such as self-preservation and resource acquisition

theory which suggests that people typically adjust their behavior in response to the perceived level of risk, becoming more careful where they sense greater risk and less careful if they feel more protected

subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk

risks of astronomical suffering

probability distributions whose tails are not exponentially bounded

Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment

tendency to prefer the complete elimination of a risk in a niche when alternative options produce a greater reduction in overall risk

engineered set of hardware and software controls especially used on critical process systems

a lack of any quantifiable knowledge about some possible occurrence, as opposed to the presence of quantifiable risk, indicating some fundamental degree of ignorance, a limit to knowledge, and an essential unpredictability of future events

the amount of risk or danger associated with an action or event remaining after natural or inherent risks have been reduced by risk controls

Accident-proneness is the idea that some people have a greater predisposition than others to experience accidents, such as car crashes and industrial injuries. It may be used as a reason to deny any insurance on such individuals.

psychological effect

philosophical thought experiment: “A mugger, who forgot his weapon, proposes a deal to Pascal: ‘you give me your wallet, and I will give you N times the money, where N is large enough to compensate for the low probability of me honoring the deal’”

model for decision analysis

tale told in folklore to warn its listener of a danger