Talks

Andrew Lakoff

How We Became “Unprepared”: Imagining Catastrophe from the Cold War to Bird Flu

Recorded live on May 30, 02017 at The Interval at Long Now

What tools & concepts do climate, health and security authorities rely on to evaluate potential crises? An anthropologist of science & medicine asks how preparedness became the norm for experts charged with managing uncertain futures. Lakoff's book Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency.

This event is co-presented by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) where Andrew Lakoff was a fellow.

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