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Hi all Many companies or organizations do risk assessments to figure out what could go wrong. They then assess the likelihood of things going wrong, the impact they would have on the organization, and then they take preventative action, devoting more resources to those risks that are expected to have the worst impact. If it is a good idea for companies or organizations to perform risk assessments, it follows that individuals should also apply risk management to themselves. I intend to do this. I have begun brainstorming a list of threats to my survival. It is below. I am worried because maybe there are some risks that I have missed out that are not on the list. I am interested in hearing whether any of you have any risks to survival that you think exists. It doesn't matter how unlikely it is or how trivial. In the second stage of my risk management assessment I will look at likelihood and impact, but for now I just want to brainstorm a list of risks to my survival. If you could add to the list, that would be very helpful and I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks Current List of Threats to Individual Survival * Road traffic accident * Social risk isolation shame from failure * Employment risk Losing my job. Being tortured or bullied at work. * Shelter risk Being kicked out of my parents’ home, in which I now live. Being tortured or bullied at home. * Being a victim of criminal behavior Being a victim of a scam or hoax Having a loved one kidnapped and tortured with ransom demanded from you Someone taking a picture of you naked and demanding ransom (i.e. extortion or blackmail) * Being attacked on the street by thugs during a Friday night out with friends while commuting to and from work/school/uni * Health risks getting cardiovascular diseases getting Type 2 Diabetes getting cancer poisoning (e.g. from alcohol) getting an infectious disease, e.g. a deadly virus getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) mental deterioration due to e.g. watching too much TV getting old and falling drowning * Harmful addictions gambling addiction finger cracking addiction laziness television addiction * Macroeconomics risks breakdown of civilization riots collapse of the stock market and bond market economic depression stagflation * Political risks invasion from another country or internal or external terrorist group nuclear attack biological attack conventional bomb attack * Natural disasters floods hurricane earthquake biological epidemic

Thanks for everyone's advice. I've made many excuses and have gotten out of the date for now, although I still meet this friend regularly and I am always afraid she will bring up the topic. I might talk about some of the excuses I used. I was having dinner with this friend who wanted to set me up on a blind date. She made the argument that I should have sex because I haven't tried it before, because it can be a lot of fun, and because I should "live a little." I asked my friend whether she has ever walked naked through a crowded street before. She said no. I asked her why and she said she doesn't feel comfortable with that. I then said, "That's how I am with dating. If you think I should date because I haven't tried it before and I could potentially get a lot out of it (even though I'm uncomfortable with it) then you should walk through a crowded street naked for those exact same reasons." Before we do anything we must estimate whether it will benefit us, and we should do only what we esimate will benefit us. Nobody can try everything, so we are forced to filter only those activities we think will benefit us. Furthermore, I think that trying things we are uncomfortable with because it may benefit us is not a good idea. Suppose a serial killer argued to you that murder gives much pleasure and that you should try it because you have not ever tried it before but may get a lot of pleasure from it. Would you experiment with murder just to test whether you may enjoy it? I wouldn't. I would estimate whether I would benefit by imagining myself trying out the activity. I estimate based on my imagining myself trying the activity that I would feel very uncomfortable killing someone and this is my rationale for not doing it. Does everyone agree with the soundness of my arguments? Thanks everyone!

I am an 18-year-old female first-year law student in Australia. I am a fairly lonely student with only one friend. This friend tells me that I am very pretty and so she wants to set me up on a blind date so I can get a boyfriend and lose my virginity. I don't want to go on a blind date nor do I want to have sex because I don't feel ready and because I don't feel comfortable. My friend argued that having sex when I am young is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and if I don't take this opportunity it will never come again, so I should do it and I should not dismiss this opportunity because I have never tried it and therefore I cannot judge that it is inappropriate for me. Another argument she used is that it is important for females to get married because the male can provide the female with so much security. My friend will likely be around me for a long time, so I don't want to make her angry at me so much so that it will be awkward between her and me whenever we meet at lectures. Therefore, I don't want to just ignore her or tell her that I hate her. I want to use a logical argument to get me out of having to go on a date or have sex. I feel if I provide a good argument then this friend will still like me and accept my decision not to have sex. Things will not be awkward between us. With the help of you guys, I want to construct an argument that I can use to get out of having to have sex or going on a date. I am hoping that with science backgrounds, logical arguments would come naturally to you guys. What arguments do you guys think I should make to not have to go on a date or have sex? Do you think my friend's arguments are good? Are there any good reasons why I should go on a date or have sex? Any advice would be appreciated greatly Thanks