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Risk sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Risk.

BASE jumping is an acronym for Building, Antenna (like a radio or communication tower), Span (such as a bridge), and Earth (a cliff or natural formation)—the four types of fixed objects people jump fromBASE Jumping — Building, Antenna, Span, EarthThe bus factor summary - A poor soul squashed by a bus lamented because they were the only one who knew the passwordBus factorThe dilution effect illustration: showing how adding a side effect of 'itchy feet' to sleeping pills reduces perceived risk of the other side-effects of heart attack and stroke!The dilution effectWhat is Human Risk example: an enormous line of Mongol soldiers easily march through an open gate in the Great Wall of China as the two bribed guards take a nap. Human risk9-enders (nine-enders) explanation: people approaching their 30s, 40s and 50s, examining their lives for meaning and setting off skydiving, running marathons and climbing Everest9-Enders (nine-enders)Microlife: 30 mins of TV soap, 2 cigarettes, 7 units of alcoholMicrolife: The unit of lifeMicromort: 1 day of living, 20 miles by bike, 250 miles by carMicromort: The unit of deathCore components of risk
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