The world is an increasingly threatening place, even though average life expectancy continues to increase in industrialized nations.

Just because the trends are positive, it still makes sense to manage risks individually, on a case-by-case basis.  There is a new service out that promises to identify the health factor risks. This survey examines whether to take this opportunity or not, and highlights the challenges of realizing the promise of risk management in a broader sense.

So while monitoring the rise of the Yellowstone Caldera, keeping in mind the potential primary and secondary effects of an impact event like the recent Eastern Mediterranean Event, and staying abreast of all risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth, be assured that the future will always remains largely uncertain (just think what havoc a well-placed explosive here would cause). So mitigate, but keep mowing the grass anyway!