Escape the Safety Trap

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We like to think that our personal safety and the safety of our loved ones is something that other people — law enforcement, school administrators, social media moderators — will take care of for us. My guest today, Spencer Coursen, would say that while this mindset may help us feelsafe, it's actually when we feel the most safe, that we're in the greatest danger. Spencer — who's a combat veteran and a threat management expert — calls this paradox "the safety trap," and he's the author of a book of the same name.

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0:00.0	For Rat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.4	We like to think that our personal safety and the safety of our loved ones is something
0:14.8	that other people, law enforcement, school administrators, social media moderators will
0:19.0	take care of for us.
0:20.2	My guest today, Spencer Corson, would say that while this mindset may help us feel safe,
0:24.4	it's actually when we feel the most safe that we're in the greater danger.
0:27.4	Spencer, who's a combat veteran and a threat management expert, calls this paradox to
0:31.3	the safety trap, and he's the author of a book of the same name.
0:34.2	Today in the show, Spencer shares the factors that can put us in the safety trap and ways
0:37.7	to escape it.
0:38.7	We discuss how to avoid ins mindset and a reliance on false authority can put us in greater
0:42.5	danger, how the run, hide, fight rubric for responding to an active shooter has been
0:46.5	misapplied, and how being too polite can get you killed.
0:49.8	From there, we turn into ways you can take responsibility for your own safety, including
0:53.1	knowing the warning signs that someone may take violent action and staying physically
0:56.4	fit.
0:57.4	We discuss what to do if people are sending you potentially threatening messages online.
1:01.2	After the show is over, check out our show notes at aum.is slash safety trap.
1:07.4	All right, Spencer Corson, welcome to the show.
1:18.0	Brett, so great to be here.
1:19.5	Thank you so much for inviting me.
1:20.7	So you got a book out called The Safety Trap, a security expert secrets for staying safe
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