Anders Sandberg will deliver an open lecture for Extrobritannia on what statistics tells us we should (not) be worried about
2pm-4pm, Saturday 20th June (Room 153, Birkbeck College Building, London)
Risk is everywhere these days - in economy, in technology, in health,in climate. Such things have always been uncertain, but recently our society has become preoccupied with risk and safety, often allowing such concerns to trump any other value.
The more future-oriented we become, the more nasty possibilities there seem to be, and the more we strive for safety the more elusive it becomes. Worse, many problems are radically uncertain: we have no experience with them and may not even have considered them before they strike. But what can we actually say about what threatens us? What are the big threats we can foresee? What can we do about them?
More information about the lecture and the venue available on the Extrobritannia website.