Hello, Welcome to Known Unknowns, a newsletter that wants more efficiency, less debt, and fewer time zones. The Tyranny of Experts I wrote in City Journal about how poorly the public health community communicated risk throughout the pandemic and, most recently, around the vaccine. There is no such thing as safety – risk is always present and something to be managed. Experts can’t eliminate risk from our lives, but they should mitigate it and offer guidance. I am skeptical of the folly of nudging people into the behavior we want. If you want people to take sensible risks it is better to give them clear, meaningful information and let them make their own choices.
Known Unknowns
Known Unknowns
Hello, Welcome to Known Unknowns, a newsletter that wants more efficiency, less debt, and fewer time zones. The Tyranny of Experts I wrote in City Journal about how poorly the public health community communicated risk throughout the pandemic and, most recently, around the vaccine. There is no such thing as safety – risk is always present and something to be managed. Experts can’t eliminate risk from our lives, but they should mitigate it and offer guidance. I am skeptical of the folly of nudging people into the behavior we want. If you want people to take sensible risks it is better to give them clear, meaningful information and let them make their own choices.