Your brain’s survival algorithm is outdated. Here’s how to upgrade it | Amanda Ripley

"The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves." Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, News media wants to keep you angry, anxious, and depressed ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfq1WJW7Xs 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 Read the video transcript ► https://ift.tt/DvzGYEP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive content, early, ad-free access to new releases, and more. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Get Big Think+ for Business Engage learners like never before with high-impact video microlearning from the biggest thinkers in the world. https://ift.tt/h1UdlHV ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.