This analysis uncovers how chosen risks relate to social fragility, suggesting a competition for disasters exists in society.
The bodily condition of humanity implies an ontological and social fragility. Contemporary societies seem to give rise to a passionate competition for disasters. In everyday life and beyond, in technological or scientific activities, economic or political, risk is associated rather with danger, but if it is freely chosen, then, on the contrary, it is perceived as a reason for fulfilment.
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