
Cass R. Sunstein explores numerous worse-case scenarios that threaten our existence, such as nuclear bombs, tsunamis, meteors, avian flu, terrorism, the depletion of the ozone layer, and much more.

Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and...