The blessings of disaster : the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it / Michel Bruneau.

"The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we...

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Main Author: Bruneau, Michel, 1959- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2022]
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Physical Description:xiii, 444 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Which little pig are you? -- Earthquakes happen because -- Earthquakes to tsunamis -- The water magnet -- Flood -- Tornado alley -- Sitting on a volcano -- Technological disasters -- Terrorist attacks -- Annoying doomsday scenarios -- Interlude -- The wonderful ability to forget -- Airport proctologists -- Statistical Hocus Pocus -- Life's casino -- Black swans -- The brain -- The mirrors we elect -- Earthquake damage happens because -- Fatalism -- a really short chapter -- Gloomy predictions -- The silent heroes -- Truth and lies about resilience -- Dollars are frequent flyer miles -- We're all cooked -- Elbow room -- Nuclear holocaust -- Act V. 
520 |a "The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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