# Uncertainty, as mantra | Curious Public

<https://jamesshelley.com/2020/05/13/uncertainty-as-mantra/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Thoughtful article highlighting how off nearly all the world was in their thinking as we came into 2020.

> Our error boils down to this: we conflate risk and uncertainty. We see risk and uncertainty basically the same thing. But Radical Uncertainty traces the stories of economic “heretics” over the past century — thinkers who argue that risk and uncertainty are categorically distinct. Risk and uncertainty, they say,  are different species altogether. Kay and King beg us to re-engage this long and often ignored distinction.

This is worth reading deeply and contemplating with your coffee. ☕️

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT149: Weekly Thing #149 / RSS, Blogs, Giphy, Flour](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/149/), Recommended Links

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