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Pretty solid read on emergency preparedness (something I've thought a lot about recently, given recent trends in FEMA funding, read: zero) and cultivating a team of people you know and trust. basically, apocalypse-proofing your life is having trustworthy friends, developing useful skills, and living with intention and preparedness. seems reasonable to me!
"That’s not to say that there is no panic, selfishness, or bad behavior in times of crisis. But it rarely comes from the supposedly chaotic masses. In reality, it’s not the masses who panic in crises but the elites. Disaster sociologists Caron Chess and Lee Clarke define this phenomenon of elite panic as a fearful distrust of the populace that prompts leaders to restrict information, over- concentrate resources, and use coercive methods to reassert authority in the face of temporary breakdowns in public order. This kind of response is problematic on many levels. It can increase dangers for disaster survivors or other vulnerable populations, create a self- fulfilling prophecy, and seed distrust in authority. The latter can then lead to resistance to authority— the very thing these leaders (and elites) fear most."
"That’s not to say that there is no panic, selfishness, or bad behavior in times of crisis. But it rarely comes from the supposedly chaotic masses. In reality, it’s not the masses who panic in crises but the elites. Disaster sociologists Caron Chess and Lee Clarke define this phenomenon of elite panic as a fearful distrust of the populace that prompts leaders to restrict information, over- concentrate resources, and use coercive methods to reassert authority in the face of temporary breakdowns in public order. This kind of response is problematic on many levels. It can increase dangers for disaster survivors or other vulnerable populations, create a self- fulfilling prophecy, and seed distrust in authority. The latter can then lead to resistance to authority— the very thing these leaders (and elites) fear most."