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The term has also been applied to the attitudes of some corporations and governments toward the natural environment that lead them to ignore the dangers of global warming, oil spills, etc.

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, journalist Naomi Klein uncovered that " the initial exploration plan that BP submitted to the federal government for the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon well reads like a Greek tragedy about human hubris.

The phrase ' little risk ' appears five times.

" The term has also been applied to the attitude of the Japanese and American nuclear industries.

In the wake of the 2011 tsunami related nuclear disasters, it was discovered that as far back as the 2004 earthquake, authorities knew about the particular risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi plant but did nothing.

Subsequent decisions by regulators in the US have been criticized as hubristic.