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No safety in numbers : how the computer quantified everything and made people risk-aversive

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<subTitle>: how the computer quantified everything and made people risk-aversive</subTitle>
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<dateIssued encoding="marc">1996</dateIssued>
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<abstract displayLabel="Summary">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 candidate</abstract>
<note type="statement of responsibility">Henry J. Perkinson</note>
<note type="bibliography">Bibliografía: P. 179-186</note>
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