羅富齊旗下的《經濟學人》預示苦難未完、一波未平另一波又起

羅富齊旗下的《經濟學人》雜誌2月1日以地球戴著有五星旗的口罩題為'究竟會去到幾差?'作為封面。

而剛在這星期出版的雜誌繼續給予提示,預示苦難未完、一波未平另一波又起。
新封面上畫有各種不同的災難並掛有即將夠鐘的末日鐘,
一家人包括一隻白貓都配有預防裝備。

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下一場ㄧ大災難(及如何倖存)
政客們漠視非臨在的風險：他們需要提高自己的能力
The next catastrophe
Politicians ignore far-out risks: they need to up their game

Preparedness is one of the things that governments are for

Jun 25th 2020 edition

In 1993 this newspaper told the world to watch the skies. At the time, humanity’s knowledge of asteroids that might hit the Earth was woefully inadequate. Like nuclear wars and large volcanic eruptions, the impacts of large asteroids can knock seven bells out of the climate; if one thereby devastated a few years’ worth of harvests around the globe it would kill an appreciable fraction of the population. Such an eventuality was admittedly highly unlikely. But given the consequences, it made actuarial sense to see if any impact was on the cards, and at the time no one was troubling themselves to look.

Asteroid strikes were an extreme example of the world’s wilful ignorance, perhaps—but not an atypical one. Low-probability, high-impact events are a fact of life. Individual humans look for protection from them to governments and, if they can afford it, insurers. Humanity, at least as represented by the world’s governments, reveals instead a preference to ignore them until forced to react—even when foresight’s price-tag is small. It is an abdication of responsibility and a betrayal of the future.

more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/06/25/politicians-ignore-far-out-risks-they-need-to-up-their-game