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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.