David P. Perrodin

The Velocity of Information (eBook, ePUB)

Human Thinking During Chaotic Times

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As chaos erupts, alerts screech on our cell phones and torrents of conflicting-yet-urgent messages gush from media outlets. What is the magnitude of the crisis? What is its cause? And what should people do to protect themselves? The speed and direction of these details is known as the velocity of information. It overwhelms and distresses people who have not built a network of trustworthy sources to traverse disorder. Velocity of Information offers understanding to manage chaos and our complex reactions to crisis situations influenced by bias and propaganda. Recognizing indicators to judge the severity of an incident, understanding human predispositions, and joining a member check network to gauge real-time observations from people in your network provide direction to respond to the reality of a situation with impartiality, thus improving outcomes. This book also provides a novel framework for understanding chaos based on duration, location, and complexity. Understanding how human cognitive limitations affect individual and group human behavior during different stages of chaos allows readers to use the tools in this book to avoid hysteria and optimize responses to emergency events. Utilizing personal interviews and explorations of historical and contemporary events, Velocity of Information provides a functional and realistic roadmap with specific, actionable guidance on how to navigate chaos.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475865462
• Artikelnr.: 63450026

Autorenporträt

David P. Perrodin, PhD, is an author, researcher, professor, and host of "The Safety Doc" podcast. Dr. Perrodin is a speech-language pathologist specializing in psycholinguistics. He has presented on PBS and written and directed a film about school safety with Pulitzer Prize winner David Obst. Dr. Perrodin is the author of the book School of Errors: Rethinking School Safety in America.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments: Member Checks
Introduction
Chapter One: Temporal Perception
Chapter Two: Face Validity
Chapter Three: Member Check Network
Chapter Four: Finite Voltage
Chapter Five: Crowd-In Behavior
Chapter Six: The Continuum of Chaos
Chapter Seven: Failure to Regress to the Mean
Epilogue: The Great Re-Greet
Index
About the Author