As former US Secretary of Protection Donald Rumsfeld as soon as (in)famously mentioned:
“…there are recognized knowns; there are issues we all know we all know. We additionally know there are recognized unknowns; that’s to say we all know there are some issues we have no idea. However there are additionally unknown unknowns — those we don’t know we don’t know.”
Whereas the phrasing of the assertion drew a lot remark and no little ridicule, what he was saying was mainly true. One of many key ideas in threat administration is the concept that there are dangers that we’re conscious of and perceive (recognized knowns), there are people who we’re conscious of, however don’t perceive (recognized unknowns), people who we perceive, however should not conscious of (unknown knowns); and people who we’re neither conscious of, nor perceive (unknown unknowns).
