Jeff Wise is a science writer and author of Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger. A contributing editor at Popular Mechanics and Travel+Leisure, he also writes for Time, the New York Times, Psychology Today, and Men’s Health, as well as many others. He regularly blogs at PsychologyToday.com and the Huffington Post. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons, and in his spare time flies small airplanes, gliders, and powered paragliders.
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looks great!
Hi Jeff,
I just got through reading your article on EEW. The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) (Palm Springs Region) has a current program to expand its 12 EEW systems that are located at fire stations to 120 cites which will include all of our public schools. Fox News (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4552977/earthquake-warning-system) and local media have covered the story. Here is the link to Sacbee (http://topics.sacbee.com/warning%20system/).
This is not a prototype system, this system is actually working in our fire stations and was activated during the Calexico/Mexicali Easter quake event.
Please feel free to contact me. I would like to further discuss our project with you. Thanks
Jacob Alvarez,
CVAG.org
Jeff – good to see the UCSD seismic site getting a nod. The challenge is getting seismic research into other countries at less than $10 million a pop.
My Mobile Seismic Safety (MOSES) system might provide the answer. Happy to send a copy to you if you provide an email.
Cost very low. And more critically ideal for monolithic building systems (adobe, rammed earth, straw bale/limeplaster, cob that must age for a while in situ… and are therefor too expensive to test on a platform like UCSD.
I must admit there is a great deal of difference in flying light aircraft and heavy transport aircraft. You have some of your presumptions incorrect. What is normal or natural behavior to a light aircraft pilot cannot be transferred to these aircraft. Please spend some time in research in an airbus training center before you make statements which are unsupported by fact. I do appreciate your superficial touch on human factors, however.
Jeff
I could tell you were a writer not an Airline Pilot after reading your Air France article. Human factors are important but there was so much more you missed. You really need to have a type rating and years of experience on the A-330 to understand what those pilots were going through that day. Its an electronic airplane that sends signals and warnings to the crew after they have been analyzed by computers. Those pilots were following those commands the airplane was telling them to do. Now if you add the fact that they were in the dark in severe turbulence it was understandable that they didn’t input the opposite control inputs going against what their instruments were telling them. Airbus is at fault here. Jeff you shouldn’t be writing something about which you know nothing about.
I can certainly understand that the things we fear the most, are the most unlikely to happen. I’m 51 and have had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder since I was a teenager. For me irrational fear is far more terrifying than rational fear, which is why I joined a caving group in 1992. Exploring caves can be frightening at times, but that is the fear I enjoy, and it takes me away from my OCD. I do a lot of rappelling down deep pits, and a thought will cross my mind like “what if the rope breaks? Then I’ll fall to my death.” And that doesn’t cause me panic, but if I think about some stupid compulsion or obsession then I panic. Caving gives me much needed freedom from OCD, and works better than medication.
Ravenswood Media is producing a documentary film about my life with OCD, and how caving and nature helps me manage my disorder. http://vimeo.com/25879553
Ken, what an absolutely fascinating insight. The show looks great, I hope it gets picked up.
What was the original German for your quote this morning on CTC? Endless fear is worse than a fearful end(?) Also, who said it?
“”Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende.” I don’t know if the author is known, I think it’s just a folk saying.
Jeff, good news got a call from a U. S secret service agent last THRS!! take care N967Q
Jeff,
I have just read your article in “Psychology Today” (Deadly Mind Traps) and felt I needed to commend you on your work. The article was… Well, fascinating. I loved the composition of the article and your talent for writing hooks the reader into the story. It felt like an honor to read it.
Best Wishes,
Isabelle C.
Hello Jeff,
I’ve been reading your articles with great interest, especially, Mind’s Eye Mental Outsourcing which appeared in The Red Bulletin. I devote a chapter in my book, Building a Better Mind, to Digital Technology, and what it is doing to our minds. Your article certainly follows right along.
Maybe, you would like to review it. I’ll send you a complimentary copy if you will tell me where to send it.
In the meantime, you can learn more about it by visiting my website, http://www.buildingabettermind.com
Mort Schomer
mortschomer@gmail.com
305-651-1723
Dude, did you really tap that Goldy chick?
If so, high five bra!
She’s hottt! Dumb, but hottt!
No, I thought it was apparent that that story was absurd. Apparently there is a real person by that name, though, and I want to emphasize that nothing like that ever happened and that I’ve never met Goldy Ivashkov, whoever she may be.
Mr. Wise,
There is a new breed of sociopaths. A new order is manifesting. Would you like a tour?