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‘WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?: REAL SCENARIOS THAT KEEP SCIENTISTS UP AT NIGHT’

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Is it better to worry about the concrete and the immediate or the nebulous and the unclear? Is it better to worry about the things that hit home or the larger shifts in society? Or is it even worth it to worry at all? ...  this collection helps us see the myriad possible concerns laid out before us, articulating the various elements of fear that we need to fear.

‘WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?: REAL SCENARIOS THAT KEEP SCIENTISTS UP AT NIGHT’ [1]

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The Washington Post
Max Berman
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[ Fri. Feb. 28. 2014 ]

Is it better to worry about the concrete and the immediate or the nebulous and the unclear? Is it better to worry about the things that hit home or the larger shifts in society? Or is it even worth it to worry at all? ...  this collection helps us see the myriad possible concerns laid out before us, articulating the various elements of fear that we need to fear.

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[1] https://www.edge.org/news/%E2%80%98what-should-we-be-worried-about-real-scenarios-that-keep-scientists-up-at-night%E2%80%99
[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2014/02/28/7840defa-9408-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html