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This is the world in which everyone is sensitised to risk but indifferent to fate.

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This is the world in which everyone is sensitised to risk but indifferent to fate.

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About David Runciman

David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (born 1 March 1967), is an English academic and podcaster who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University, where he is Professor of Politics. From October 2014 to October 2018 he was also Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies.