Friday, 29 July 2005

Risk aversion and cricket safety

My wife objects to my son fielding for some boys who are practicing cricket in the nets. None of them are wearing helmets, and she noted acidly that one of my sister's friends was recently blinded by a cricket-ball hitting him in the eye. But how many people does this happen to? We’ll be banning cricket next! I  do not agree with risk aversion; I think it harms us all in the long run.