We’re facing too many risk clusters at once. Our brains weren’t designed for it.
We live in an age of escalating risk. America’s always been a risky place to live; we lack the social safety nets of Europe, the social cohesion of Japan, or the communitarian impulses of Latin America. Here, you’re on your own. And if you’re not white, male, straight, and Christian, you have always multiplied that risk by a…
