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To be effective and those processes can be inhibited Put it all together and the probably of a city being destroyed may still not be large.
以便實施有效的爆炸 而這個過程是可以被制止的 把這些因素都加起來毀掉一個城市的可能性還是不大
But none of this is sufficiently reassuring that a realist will learn there's a risk would not want to pursue greater security One dilemma it seems.
但是這些都不足以令人感到放心從實際出發考慮問題的人會意識到不追求進一步的安全是會帶來風險的
Insufficiently appreciated by policy makers is that security measures to reduce the odds of success for each particular attacker .
一個沒有被政策制定者充分考慮的兩難局面是用于減少零星的使用攻擊性技術的襲擊者成功可能性的安全措施如果
Using aggressive techniques trying to pre-empt attack when worked out on a global level risk increasing the pool of potential attackers The converse may.
擴大到全球范圍會增加潛在襲擊者的數量這很可能是真的
Admittedly also be true, in that focusing on broad policy measures to reduce the number of Attackers might not lead to the most vigilant defence against.
專注于更大范圍內的政策的指定致力于減少襲擊者的數量很可能就會導致對單獨的襲擊警惕程度的下降
Each one There is no guarantee of security not even a reliable assurance of greater security than we currently have If we compare the ticking time.
不可能有百分百的安全我們甚至不能保證比現在更安全如果我們把定時炸彈跟自然災害
Bomb case to something involving a natural catastrophe rather than terrorism we could learn that our reactions are not necessarily in proportion.
而不是跟恐怖襲擊相比較的話我們就會發現我們的反應與各種類型的災害相比
To the actual risks of each type of catastrophe It is well known that earthquakes could seriously damage many parts of the world.
其實并不適當眾所周知地震可能會對斷層線上的地區都造成
Where fault lines run This could at some point be forceful enough to destroy a city or at least paralyse it and destroy part of it.
嚴重的損失有些情況下這可以摧毀或者至少使一個城市處于癱瘓狀態
so the question is why is it that all of us do not immediately demand that laws be passed to require construction to be ten time stronger.
問題是為什么我們不要求法律建設比現在強十倍呢
And if so why stop there? The reply is that risk aversion is a fundamental indeterminacy of rationality as shown by John Elster and others.
我們為什么要止步于此呢 答案就是風險規避理性中最猶疑不決的部分John Elster和其他人已經向我們
The threat of it There may be no answer to the question of how much security is ultimately enough, the threat of an earthquake is a.
展示了它的威脅 對于究竟有多少安全保衛措施才夠 并沒有一個明確的答案 地震的威脅相當于
