These days, conservators tend to seek a middle ground between Ruskin's position, which risks fetishizing damage, and Viollet-le-Duc's, which risks the Disneyfication of the historical record.
"We cannot insure against every imaginable risk and so we need to decide which risks we are willing to meet and which risks we are willing to take.
Washington, which risks getting drawn into any new conflict, needs to play a calming role.
Our society recognizes the autonomy of individuals, which means letting people decide which risks they take.
He explored the tendency to build portfolios in which risks were balanced against more secure assets.
Rather than pile on heavy training, which risks injury, he insists on a long-term approach.
Soriano talked often of kick-starting a "virtuous circle", for which risks had to be taken.
All of which risks making the novel sound like a piece of dry procedural.
So before investors diversify, they should choose which risks they are trying to avoid.
Lurie's version is an intelligent and cleverly crafted thriller but one which risks falling between stools.
Instead, we should be considering which risks we're willing to take on.
