How Does Facing Death Change Your Life? (NSQ Ep. 49)

Also: why are we so bad at assessing risk?

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Relevant Research & References

Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

SOURCES

• Lawrence Calhoun, professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• Richard Tedeschi, professor of psychological science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• Nassim Taleb, professor of risk at New York University.
• Anders Ericsson (deceased), professor of psychology at Florida State University.
• Martin Seligman, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

RESOURCES

• “‘Tragic’: Driving Was Down In 2020, But Traffic Fatality Rates Surged,” by Camila Domonoske (NPR, 2021).
• “Road Traffic Injuries and Deaths—A Global Problem,” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020).
• “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” by the National Institute of Mental Health (2019).
• “Growth After Trauma: Why Are Some People More Resilient than Others—and Can it Be Taught?” by Lorna Collier (Monitor on Psychology, 2016).
• “Most Americans Believe in Heaven … and Hell,” by Caryle Murphy (Fact Tank, 2015).
• The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb (Random House, 2010).
• “The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Measuring the Positive Legacy of Trauma,” by Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun (Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1996).
• “The Psychology of Sunk Cost,” by Hal R. Arkes and Catherine Blumer (Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 1985).

EXTRAS

• Soul (2020).
• “How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Ep. 244),” Freakonomics Radio (2016).
• The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry (1905).
• Flying Tiger

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