Category Archives: Risk and risk management

After We Amplified Warnings of Wildly Overvalued Unicorns, They Crash and Burn

Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability

On the high odds of winding up with the Peter Principle of AI implementation in financial institutions, and what to do to prevent that.

How Climate Change and Widespread Unaffordable Home Insurance Will Wreck Property Values

The death spiral of home insurance in climate afflicted areas has begun. The will and means to tackle underlying issues are sorely wanting

The Planet Had 58 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2024, The Second-Highest on Record

The world endured three of top-20 costliest disasters in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and three heat waves with over 1,000 deaths

NATO as the Fly in Russia’s Baltic Sea Soup

The West uses common, minor, and likely accidental damage to a few submarine cables to further militarize the Baltic Sea and harass the “shadow fleet.”

The Next Unwind of Social Guarantees: Home and Medical Insurance

A Wall Street Journal column suggests that elite conventional wisdom favors more gutting of medical and home insurance as unduly “socialized”

Actuaries and Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Risk ‘Planetary Insolvency’ as Power Struggles About How to Rebuild LA Begin

A new report shows a 50% GDP fall from 2070 to 2090 due to climate change. Los Angeles gives a taste of coming struggles about what to do.

Evaluating the Risks of Engineered Viruses and Bacteria, aka ‘Mirror Life’

Scientists seem unduly casual about the threats posed by engineered bacteria and viruses that are chemical mirror images of natural ones

As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight

India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can biolab safety infrastructure keep up?

The One-in-a-Thousand-Day Problem

AI’s ability to handle complexity and respond rapidly means future crises are likely to be much more sudden and vicious than those we have experienced so far.

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

In the Trump Administration Crosshairs: Cell Phone Radiation

In 2020, RFK Jr.’s nonprofit sued the FCC over 5G cell phone radiation safety. As HHS secretary, he’d have the power to upend the tech.

Access to PPE, a Critical Tool in Fighting Bird Flu, Is Mixed Across Dairy-Producing States, Records Show

States with confirmed dairy cattle bird flu cases have drastically different personal protective equipment responses, and most are failing.

Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?

Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of “Generative Biology”‘ Colonization at COP16

The COP16 biodiversity conference included Big Tech pushing black box “generative biology” AI-created DNA and related financial markets