Risk
14 June 2018
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Synopsis
Previously published as Careful!
The modern world can be a dangerous place, filled with fast cars, smart phones, drugs and extreme sports. Meanwhile, we humans are as fragile as ever. In fact, after a century of decline in injuries and accidental deaths they are on the rise again. The question is – why?
Steve Casner has devoted his career to studying...
Details
14 June 2018
437 minutes
9781529007220
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
Reviews
Casner convincingly argues that we all need to make a habit of being more careful. A scientist and a natural storyteller, he takes the studies, data, and safety advice we usually tune out and turns it into gripping, page-turning material. This is a how-to-guide for a new way of thinking about survival in a world filled with hazards and distractions.Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit
Steve Casner is an authority on human behaviour, especially in the interaction with the ever-increasing automated systems of the modern world. He works at NASA where he is an expert in aviation safety, but he has extended his range of expertise far beyond that of airplanes...An excellent writer.Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things
We can all relate to Steve’s blooper reel of everyday ways we hurt ourselves. Careful provides enough science and data to blow you away, but the real-life stories will have you laughing. This helpful book just might save your life.Deborah Hersman, president of the U.S. National Safety Council and former chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
A terrifying primer on the absurd and humiliating dangers of daily lifeNew Yorker