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Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Unanticipated vs Unintended Consequences

There is a distinction between the terms 'unanticipated consequences' and 'unintended consequences'/nUnanticipated consequences refer to events that could not have been predicted while unintended consequences refer to events that could have been foreseen but were not intended/nThe hole in the ozone layer is an example of unanticipated consequences while lead petrol is an example of unintended consequences/nMidgely did not intend to cause issues with lead petrol but it was not unanticipated as the toxicity of lead was known

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