Earthquake, windstorm or fire. The world of risk seems dangerous. Something to be avoided. Uncertainty, on the other hand, is an all encompassing world view where control of the future is viewed as quite minimal. It's a state of much lower expectation about what will happen.
Risk has a microscopic quality to it.
It's small and should be made smaller. Uncertainty is macroscopic. It's a wall, a fog. It's the horizon you can't see over. This site is using the Basic Blog theme.