We tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — with stories about wildfires, school shootings, and love. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451">Amy Edmondson</a>, professor of leadership management at Harvard Business School.</li><li><a href="https://helenfisher.com/">Helen Fisher</a>, former senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and former chief science advisor to Match.com.</li><li><a href="https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/faculty-of-engineering-and-science/ed-galea">Ed Galea</a>, founding director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich.</li><li><a href="https://www.gary-klein.com/welcome">Gary Klein</a>, cognitive psychologist and pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making.</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-riedman/">David Riedman</a>, founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Stark">Aaron Stark</a>, head cashier at Lowe's and keynote speaker.</li><li><a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/people/faculty/john-van-reenen">John Van Reenen</a>, professor at the London School of Economics.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68773119">Ethan Crumbley: Parents of Michigan school gunman sentenced to at least 10 years</a>," by Brandon Drenon (New York Times, 2024).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/45mpkoA">Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well</a>, by Amy Edmondson (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/us/hawaii-maui-lahaina-fire.html">How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap</a>," by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Serge F. Kovaleski, Shawn Hubler, and Riley Mellen (The New York Times, 2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3rF24EF">The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic</a>, by Jillian Peterson and James Densley (2021).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azRl1dI-Cts">I Was Almost A School Shooter</a>," by Aaron Stark (TEDxBoulder, 2018).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS: <ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-perfectionism-ruining-your-life/">Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?</a>" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-did-you-marry-that-person/">Why Did You Marry That Person?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-do-we-really-learn-from-failure/">What Do We Really Learn From Failure?</a>" by No Stupid Questions (2021).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-fail-like-a-pro/">How to Fail Like a Pro</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2019).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/failure-is-your-friend-2/">Failure Is Your Friend</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2014).</li></ul></li></ul>

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