The Human Elements of Risk

摘要

In classical Greek mythology, Daedalus was helplessly watching Icarus, his son, fall to his death. Daedalus, having designed the Minotaur's Labyrinth, was imprisoned. To escape, he had fitted himself and his son with wings that he had innovated. During the escape, Icarus became intoxicated by this new power of flight and, despite Daedalus's repeated warnings and his own lack of experience, Icarus took the risk of flying so high that the sun melted the wax holding his feathered wings.1 No matter how well humans try, risk scenarios remain in ways unnoticed or unimagined by human insights.