Seven 9/11s a year in Europe. . . our security services were unable to prevent the deaths of 20,000 people last year on Europe's roads. That's seven 9/11s in a single year. As I wrote here yesterday the death toll from the Madrid bombings represented twelve days of death on Spanish roads. . .
Quoting statistics may sound like a flippant response to a serious
situation in which peoples lives are at stake. But what's the
alternative? My proposal in
Designers and the Age of Fear was that designers can use their communication skills to help people judge risk in a rational way. . . [
Doors of Perception weblog]
As long as we're nonsensical about it, the terrorists are winning.
