A world without risks: let me out!

Abstract

Life is based on risk. If everything in life worked perfectly, the world would be boring. In fact, we'd probably have to create risks just to stay sane. Risk is a phenomenon that all living things must cope with, manage, and mitigate. The key is not to focus on total risk avoidance, but instead, intelligent risk management. Total risk avoidance is impossible. My position is that software's benefit to society outweighs the risks. Software is the great enabler for a higher "quality of life." Human casualties will inevitably occur as we continue to seek new methods and refine existing methods for high assurance software.