Our perceptions of danger are based more on our personal history and culture than any sensible assessment of risk. Hear the sad story of the disappearance of our favorite playground equipment, the dubious role of the media, and our perfidious legal system.
Bio
Gever Tulley
Gever Tulley is the author of Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do and Beware Dangerism!. He is the founder of the Tinkering School and is opening a new K-12 school, Brightworks, in San Francisco in fall 2011.