Book Review The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why by Amanda Ripley
Summary: Ever wounder how you would react in a crisis situation? Are you curious how a group of people would react in a crisis? Surprisingly, it’s not at all how Hollywood portrays it. This book is full of stories based on interviews of those that survived life threatening disasters. Learn how people react to disasters like terrorist attacks, hurricanes, fire, etc. Discover how you can move through the stages of shock, process risk factors quicker, and act more intelligently when your life is in danger.
“Amanda Ripley, an award-winning journalist for Time magazine who has covered some of the most devastating disasters of our age, set out to discover what lies beyond fear and speculation. In this magnificent work of investigative journalism, Ripley retraces the human response to some of history’s epic disasters, from the explosion of the Mont Blanc munitions ship in 1917–one of the biggest explosions before the invention of the atomic bomb–to a plane crash in England in 1985 that mystified investigators for years, to the journeys of the 15,000 people who found their way out of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Then, to understand the science behind the stories, Ripley turns to leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts, formal and informal, from a Holocaust survivor who studies heroism to a master gunfighter who learned to overcome the effects of extreme fear.
Ripley comes back with precious wisdom about the surprising humanity of crowds, the elegance of the brain’s fear circuits, and the stunning inadequacy of many of our evolutionary responses. Most unexpectedly, she discovers the brain’s ability to do much, much better, with just a little help.”
Survival Theme: Understanding the human brain to move through fear, stress, and stock faster may help you survive a major disaster.
Preppers Survive ideas after reading this book: Read more books on human behavior, add a surgical face mask to my EDC, simple acts of kindness can save lives, and don’t wait until you are trapped before you consider bugging out.
Genres: Non Fiction, Psychology, History, Adventure
Pages: 266 Audio Book Length: 9 hrs 35 mins
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