Section: BooksTitle: No safety in numbers : how the computer quantified everything and made people risk-aversive / Henry J. PerkinsonAuthor: Perkinson, Henry J.Publication: Cresskill, New Jersey : Hampton Press, cop. 1996Physical description: VIII, 192 p. ; 23 cmNotes: Bibliografía: P. 179-186Sumario: Mathematics and human knowledge -- Quantification and literacy studies -- Quantification in history and anthropology -- The risk-free intellectual world -- Health, safety and environmental risks -- Professional risk management -- Risk-aversive groups -- The fourth stage of entrepreneurial activity -- The creation of a risk-aversive workforce -- The attacks on the new entrepreneurs -- The crisis of democracy -- The rise of the permanent candidateMateria / lugar / evento: Percepción del riesgoComunicación del riesgoOrdenadoresMedios de comunicaciónEstados UnidosAspectos socialesFilosofíaAnálisis de riesgosOther categories: 80Standard numbers: ISBN 1-57273-063-3Rights: In Copyright (InC)Referencias externas: