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

MAP20070027150

No safety in numbers : how the computer quantified everything and made people risk-aversive / Henry J. Perkinson. — Cresskill, New Jersey : Hampton Press, cop. 1996

VIII, 192 p. ; 23 cm

Bibliografía: P. 179-186. — Sumario: 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

ISBN 1-57273-063-3

1. Percepción del riesgo . 2. Comunicación del riesgo . 3. Ordenadores . 4. Medios de comunicación . 5. Estados Unidos . 6. Aspectos sociales . 7. Filosofía . 8. Análisis de riesgos . I. Título.

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