Risk, rationality and coronavirus | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman and Shami Chakrabarti
109Daniel Kahneman, Steven Pinker and Shami Chakrabarti explore risk, rationality and coronavirus.
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Are humans incapable of weighing up risk rationally? And are governments any better? Should we seek to reduce all risks and outlaw activity we deem dangerous? Or should we accept that all actions carry risk and it is up to each of us to determine the level of risk we are prepared to take?
Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and Labour MP, barrister and human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti explore risk, rationality and coronavirus. Anil Anathaswamy hosts.
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Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Shami Chakrabart is Labour Party Life peer, barrister, and human rights activist. She previously served as the director of Liberty, an advocacy group which promotes civil liberties and human rights.
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