The Blessings of Disaster
The Blessings of Disaster Are we doomed? But as a species? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. As a civilization? The…
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The Blessings of Disaster
Are we doomed? But as a species? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably.
Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. As a civilization? 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.
Maybe most importantly, this entertaining and often counter-intuitive book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as both individuals and as a species. When it comes to rare extreme events, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, volcanic eruptions, technological accidents, terrorist attacks,