Thursday, August 27, 2009

A Book in Review: How to Live Dangerously

How to Live Dangerously: The Hazards of Helmets, the Benefits of Bacteria, and the Risks of Living Too Safe By: Warwick Cairns
Non-Fiction 161 pages
Book count: 53

This book is on why people are much more worried in modern times, how it affects us, how to fix this, and what we really should be worried about. It uses a lot of statistics and examples to explain the ideas in this book. Some of the information you would never expect, for example taking away safety features actually decreases the number of accidents that happen, due to people being more cautious due to not being able to depend on safety features. This method has been used in areas around the world for roads, where things like sidewalks, signs, and railings were all removed. Over all it was an interesting book on how to put things in prospective.

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