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Chaos theories: Why are we never prepared for disasters? – Ros Taylor asks Jeff Schlegelmilch

Dec 28, 202324 minSeason 1Ep. 1189
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From pandemics to natural disasters, terror attacks to global warming, it seems the world is becoming more disastrous by the minute – and government responses consistently fall short. Why aren’t we ever prepared?  Ros Taylor speaks to Jeff Schlegelmilch, director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness Director and co-author of Catastrophic Incentives: Why Our Approaches to Disasters Keep Falling Short.  • “The disasters we think about are the photogenic ones… but the ones I worry about are the slower creeping disasters, like drought and extreme heat.” — Jeff Schlegelmilch •“Intelligence predicted 9/11, it was just missed” – Jeff Schlegelmilch • “In developing environments, charities are essentially providing government services and subsidising failed states.” – Jeff Schlegelmilch www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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