https://pjmedia.com/drhelen/2012/08/22/if-youre-going-to-be-in-a-disaster-the-best-place-to-be-is-in-a-high-trust-society/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:34:54 -0400<![CDATA[At the suggestion of science fiction author John Ringo, I am reading his book The Last Centurion. I am not a big fiction reader so this book was a good start for me as I like the &#8220;bloggy&#8221; first person style that it is written in. The book is set in the second decade of the 21st century in which the world is struck by two catastrophes: a mini-ice age and a plague. The book describes a possible future and all the political and military problems and limitations that exist during a catastrophe. As a psychologist, however, I was struck by how people and society behaved during these crises.]]>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:07:07 -0400<![CDATA[Helen Smith]]>https://pjmedia.com/helen-smith/2012/08/22/if-youre-going-to-be-in-a-disaster-the-best-place-to-be-is-in-a-high-trust-society-n130608