How does chapter distinguishes between the terms risk and risky?
a. Risk means our sense of what we should act on; risky is what we can
technologically, organizationally, and politically enact.
b. Risk means the material side of worries and fears; risky is the ideal side of
our worries and desires.
c. Risk means our sense of what we should worry about, and how much;
risky means the the material side of worries and desires.
d. All of the above.
c. Risk means our sense of what we should worry about, and how much;
risky means the the material side of worries and desires.
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