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"The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves."

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What really happens to your mind in a crisis? We all think we know how we’d react in an emergency—but according to journalist and author Amanda Ripley, we’re usually wrong.

Drawing from interviews with real people in disasters—from plane crashes to terrorist attacks, research on human behavior under stress, and firsthand experience in disaster training, Ripley explores the psychological patterns that unfold in crisis: denial, deliberation, and decisive action.

00:00 Surviving a crisis
01:55 Your disaster personality
03:22 Denial, deliberation, decisive
04:05 Normalcy bias
07:01 The World Trade Center evacuation
09:57 The decisive moment
12:06 Modern survival
16:11 Advice from survivors

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About Amanda Ripley:

Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author, Washington Post contributor, and co-founder of consultancy firm, Good Conflict. Her books include The Smartest Kids in the World, High Conflict, and The Unthinkable.