Then you might understand why you should put your mask on before you help your child." This is not a handbook of the "always carry a penknife" variety, however-it's an absorbing study of the psychology and physiology of panic, heroism, and trauma. Here's one example from Ripley's engrossing and lucid new book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes-and Why (Crown): "Imagine if in the event of a rapid decompression, you would only have ten to 15 seconds before you lost consciousness.
Ripley seeks to reverse this infantilizing dynamic and lays out what we should know about human responses to terrifying events (from kidnapping to stampedes) and how to increase our odds of survival. Governments, corporations, and consultants consistently pour resources into technological upgrades while ignoring a core reality-disasters happen to regular people and yet no one ever really talks to us about what to do when they happen to us.
As she covered the aftermaths of the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami, and dozens of other catastrophes, she noticed a disturbing pattern. Amanda Ripley has a remarkable beat at Time magazine-she's in charge of "disaster reporting," and, unfortunately, it's a topic that keeps her exceptionally busy.
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