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	Podcast:		Freakonomics Radio
	Episode:		561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:55
	Publish Date:		2023-10-12 03:00:00
	Description:		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).
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