Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.
Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders. - Amanda Ripley
Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders.
- Amanda Ripley
People will help each other because there is a sense of camaraderie that springs up, which is a survival tactic. You help them because you know you m… - Amanda Ripley
People will help each other because there is a sense of camaraderie that springs up, which is a survival tactic. You help them because you know you m…
The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time. - Amanda Ripley
The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.
The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important … - Amanda Ripley
The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important …
You could reduce people's fears if you gave them some useful information before things went wrong. It's really important to create a sense of confide… - Amanda Ripley
You could reduce people's fears if you gave them some useful information before things went wrong. It's really important to create a sense of confide…
We gauge risk literally hundreds of times per day, usually well and often subconsciously. We start assessing risk before the disaster even happens. W… - Amanda Ripley
We gauge risk literally hundreds of times per day, usually well and often subconsciously. We start assessing risk before the disaster even happens. W…
The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in ear… - Amanda Ripley
The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in ear…
Most serious plane crashes are survivable. There's a sense that, 'Oh, if we go down, that's it, it's out of my hands.' And that's just statistically … - Amanda Ripley
Most serious plane crashes are survivable. There's a sense that, 'Oh, if we go down, that's it, it's out of my hands.' And that's just statistically …
Women are far more likely to follow orders to evacuate, especially women with children. At the same time, women were much more likely to die during t… - Amanda Ripley
Women are far more likely to follow orders to evacuate, especially women with children. At the same time, women were much more likely to die during t…
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