727 - Amanda Ripley: What kind of people survives disaster? Are you one of them?

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Do you know that people that escaped the world trade center during 9/11, sat at their cubicle on average for at least full 6 minutes after the building was hit! The reason being, when you're in the moment, your brain tried to "normalize" the situation, and refused to believe some disaster has happened! In this episode, I once again have Amanda Ripley, American Journalist, and Author, on to talk about one of her older books, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why. We breakdown the 9/11 stories, what are the trait of the people that can "function" during a disaster and intense situation, also what can we do to prepare ourselves for said situation. My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book! Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.4	Did you know that the average person who escaped the World Trade Center during 9-11 sat
0:22.2	at their cubicle on average for a full six minutes after the building was hit?
0:29.0	I think to myself, I would leave the building immediately.
0:32.0	But when you're in the moment, your brain sort of goes a little crazy.
0:35.6	And I know this because I actually was at or right outside the World Trade Center and
0:39.4	I saw the first plane hit it.
0:41.7	And your brain does, when it sees something so life-threatening, disastrous, and unusual,
0:49.5	your brain does weird things.
0:52.0	So what kind of person survives a disaster?
0:56.2	What kind of person did leave the World Trade Center as opposed to stay there?
1:00.7	I guess we have on now Amanda Ripley, who wrote a book called The Unthinkable, Who Survives
1:05.2	When Disaster Strikes and Why.
1:07.2	She was telling me that the average plane crash is actually immensely survivable and she
1:13.4	explains why.
1:14.7	But what kind of people actually leave the plane when after crashes and what kind of people
1:20.3	stay in the plane?
1:21.6	What kind of people leave when there's a fire?
1:23.7	And what kind of people don't even recognize what's going on enough to leave.
1:29.0	And I think this applies to more than just extreme disasters.
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