▁quality ▁of ▁life . ▁Pre ca ution ary ▁approaches ▁to ▁appro ving ▁new ▁technology ▁are ▁ir r ational , ▁he ▁said , ▁because ▁they ▁demand ▁that ▁we ▁know ▁whether ▁something ▁is ▁safe ▁before ▁we ▁can ▁do ▁the ▁very ▁tests ▁that ▁would ▁demonstrate ▁its ▁safety ▁or ▁dangerous ness . ▁Furthermore , ▁pre ca ution ▁elimin ates ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁new ▁technology ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁har ms . ▁He ▁advoc ated ▁en han cing ▁society ' s ▁capacity ▁to ▁co pe ▁with ▁and ▁adapt ▁to ▁the ▁unexpected , ▁rather ▁than ▁trying ▁to ▁prevent ▁all ▁cat ast roph es ▁in ▁advance . ▁ ▁Wild av sky ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁author , ▁writing ▁or ▁co - writing ▁thirty - n ine ▁books ▁and ▁numerous ▁journal ▁articles , ▁including ▁important ▁works ▁on ▁the ▁budget ary ▁process , ▁policy ▁analysis , ▁political ▁culture , ▁foreign ▁affairs , ▁public ▁administration , ▁and ▁compar ative ▁government . ▁Five ▁more ▁books ▁were ▁published ▁post hum ously — br ing ing ▁the ▁total ▁to ▁forty - four . ▁Wild av sky ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁University ▁of ▁Louis ville ▁G raw em ey er ▁Award ▁for ▁Ide as ▁Im pro ving ▁World ▁Order , ▁with ▁Max ▁S inger . ▁ ▁Wild av sky ▁was ▁awarded ▁multiple ▁honor ary ▁degrees ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁including ▁degrees ▁from ▁Y ale ▁University ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Bolog na . ▁ ▁Man aging ▁risk ▁Wild av sky ▁argued ▁that ▁a ▁mixed ▁strategy ▁of ▁anticip ation