Freakonomics Radio12 Loka 2023

561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events

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.

RESOURCES

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023).
"Michigan School Shooter Is Found Eligible for Life Sentence Without Parole," by Stephanie Saul and Dana Goldstein (The New York Times, 2023).
"How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap," by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Serge F. Kovaleski, Shawn Hubler, and Riley Mellen (The New York Times, 2023).
The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, by Jillian Peterson and James Densley (2021).
"I Was Almost A School Shooter," by Aaron Stark (TEDxBoulder, 2018).

EXTRAS

"Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
"Why Did You Marry That Person?" by Freakonomics Radio (2022).
"What Do We Really Learn From Failure?" by No Stupid Questions (2021).
"How to Fail Like a Pro," by Freakonomics Radio (2019).
"Failure Is Your Friend," by Freakonomics Radio (2014).

SOURCES:

Amy Edmondson, professor of leadership management at Harvard Business School.
Helen Fisher, senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and chief science advisor to Match.com.
Ed Galea, founding director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich.
Gary Klein, cognitive psychologist and pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making.
David Riedman, founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database.
Aaron Stark, assistant manager at Kum & Go and keynote speaker.
John Van Reenen, professor at the London School of Economics.

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