{"id":511,"date":"2011-08-04T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T23:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2011-08-04T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T23:30:13","slug":"thoughts-on-fear-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/thoughts-on-fear-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on “Fear Less”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the bulk of my MSST program has concluded, I have time to start reading the books I’ve been adding to my Amazon Wish List<\/a> for the past year or so. The first book I picked up from the library was Fear Less<\/a> by Gavin de Becker, about terrorism, risk, and just how lousy we are at actually estimating the chances of terrible things happening to us. It’s a very quick book to read, with a few simple messages: humans are terrible at estimating risks, big scary things are much less likely to kill you than mundane things, and don’t listen to media fear-mongering. There’s also a list of resources for people who want more information that is objective, not inflammatory.<\/p>\n

The book came out shortly after 9\/11 and was rushed to completion to get on the shelves quickly, and this rushed feeling sometimes shows. Also, for me, it didn’t have much new information that I hadn’t already seen before through my studies and other authors like Bruce Schneier. However, it was an enjoyable book, and it’s a good place to start if you are looking for a book to calm your nerves during Shark Summer or Earthquake Summer or Kidnapping Summer or whatever it will be this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that the bulk of my MSST program has concluded, I have time to start reading the books I’ve been adding to my Amazon Wish List for the past year or so. The first book I picked up from the library was Fear Less by Gavin de Becker, about terrorism, risk, and just how lousy… Continue reading Thoughts on “Fear Less”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t