But one division that looms on the horizon could reinvent the right-left distinction for the twenty-first century: precautionary versus “proactionary” attitudes toward risk as principles of policymaking. In social psychological terms, precautionary policymakers set their regulatory focus on the prevention of worst outcomes, whereas proactionary policymakers seek the promotion of the best available opportunities.
但在目前看来，有一种对立正在不断凸显，并可能重新塑造21世纪的左右派区分形式：在政策制定原则中对风险的预防性态度与“主动性”态度。在社会心理学意义上，预防性政策制定者将自身的监管设定在预防最恶劣的结果上，而主动性政策制定者则试图把握住最可能获得的机会。