As a lightweight， New Year's read I've picked up "Practical Doomsday: A Sensible Field Guide to Surviving Disasters"。 Regardless of what you think， I'm not paranoiac （at least not very much）。 I recognize its author， [Michał Zalewski]（https://lcamtuf。coredump。cx/） from Polish and international security community as well established and recognized security expert。 This book is what Michal writes about it at one point in the book - an optimistic guide through surviving disasters （quoting from memor As a lightweight， New Year's read I've picked up "Practical Doomsday: A Sensible Field Guide to Surviving Disasters"。 Regardless of what you think， I'm not paranoiac （at least not very much）。 I recognize its author， [Michał Zalewski]（https://lcamtuf。coredump。cx/） from Polish and international security community as well established and recognized security expert。 This book is what Michal writes about it at one point in the book - an optimistic guide through surviving disasters （quoting from memory）。 It provides very common sense and down to earth approach to think about the risks and planning to mitigate it from practical point of view， without moving to the mountains and digging a bunker。 I liked its first part much more。 In first part Michal introduces a concept and model of risk in everyday lives and provides very balanced approach to it， how to think and plan for the risks。 The second part is more practical， but also strongly connected with the United States reality where Michal lives right now。 It is a short read。 It won't give you exact， step by step guide to survive a disaster， but it will also debunk some myths surrounding preppers community and preppers approach。 I've picked from it some ideas to implement this year and also started to work on my "risk register" in a written form。 Not something you have to read in your life， but if you haven't thought about it yet or you need a bit of a push to think about how to prepare for some bumps in the road， it might be a good read。 Be aware of the rabbit hole down the road。 。。。more