It’s not just manufacturers and producers of goods that run the risk of colossal goof-ups. The purveyors of ideas and world views almost certainly are in a position to do as much damage among their various customers.

Have you weighed how terrifying and unsettling life would be if all of us had to operate under the same threat of recall that the folks at Toyota Motor Co. have come now to consider a way of life?

Author Laura Vanderkam reminded us in The Wall Street Journal that on almost any given day of any given year, several different products of almost unimaginable variety are recalled by their manufacturers. She mentioned physical fitness elliptical trainers and steam cleaning mops—both recalled by the thousands on Jan. 21. She might well have reminded us of pain killers, baby toys, tomatoes (or was it peppers?) from Mexico, and Firestone tires.

There are a few categories of folks you should consider putting immediately on your “do-it-today” recall list.

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