S: Our nation is becoming too averse to risk  We boycott any food reported to contain a toxic chemical, even though the risk, as a mathematical ratio, might be minimal  With this mentality, Columbus would never have sailed west
T: A risk-taker in one context can be risk-averse in another: the same person can drive recklessly, but refuse to eat food not grown organically
a distinction should be made between avoidable and unavoidable risks