Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - No safety in numbers : how the computer quantified everything and made people risk-aversive

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 riesgo Comunicación del riesgo Ordenadores Medios de comunicación Estados Unidos Aspectos sociales Filosofía Análisis de riesgos Other categories: 80Standard numbers: ISBN 1-57273-063-3

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