01 · The Library — The Material World
Risk Is What Rich People Call It
The same flood is a risk in one hemisphere and a fact in the other. Only one of them gets insured.
Insurance is the most honest climate document produced anywhere, because somebody has to pay if it is wrong. Reading the actuarial tables against the political statements is a short and unpleasant exercise.
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