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  • Richard Posner had a nice piece over the weekend on the conceptual mistakes that lead people to underprepare for events that they don't think are likely to happen anytime soon.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on tail risk 2010

  • If we underprepare and end up having to scale-up mass vaccination programs in the midst of H1N1 influenza season, it may prove to be "too little, too late" to avoid cases that might otherwise have been prevented.

    Swine flu: How prepared should we be? 2009

  • If we underprepare and end up having to scale-up mass vaccination programs in the midst of H1N1 influenza season, it may prove to be "too little, too late" to avoid cases that might otherwise have been prevented.

    Swine flu: How prepared should we be? 2009

  • Reading Alpha Chiang's book will be the minimum for a GMU type program but will be a good start, but will underprepare you for NYU.

    Phelps on capitalism - The Austrian Economists 2007

  • The Patriots probably weren't going to take Miami lightly this weekend; even though the Dolphins were lucky to get to 1-15 last year and have lost to the Jets and Cardinals this year, Belichick won't underprepare for them.

    Bostonist 2008

  • So I'm hoping the Ravens will be over-prepared for the Texans, and the Texans will be taking things in stride enough that they will underprepare due to distractions from the real wold ….

    MVN 2008

  • So I'm hoping the Ravens will be over-prepared for the Texans, and the Texans will be taking things in stride enough that they will underprepare due to distractions from the real wold ….

    MVN 2008

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