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

<p>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.</p><p> </p><p>RESOURCES</p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/45mpkoA"><i>Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well</i></a><i>, </i>by Amy Edmondson (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/us/ethan-crumbley-sentence-life-without-parole.html">Michigan School Shooter Is Found Eligible for Life Sentence Without Parole</a>," by Stephanie Saul and Dana Goldstein (<i>The New York Times, </i>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 (<i>The New York Times, </i>2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3rF24EF"><i>The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic</i></a><i>, </i>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 (<i>TEDxBoulder, </i>2018).</li></ul><p>EXTRAS </p><ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-perfectionism-ruining-your-life/">Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Life?</a>" by <i>People I (Mostly) Admire </i>(2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-did-you-marry-that-person/">Why Did You Marry That Person?</a>" by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(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 <i>No Stupid Questions </i>(2021).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-fail-like-a-pro/">How to Fail Like a Pro</a>," by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2019).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/failure-is-your-friend-2/">Failure Is Your Friend</a>," by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2014).</li></ul>