Opinion | The Prepper Delusion

Great piece with a beautiful ending! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Our safety is in community.

I think this article👇 makes excellent points about preparing for the polycrisis. The key is community. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Here's a gift link. See also: folks building mutual aid networks (instructions are easy to find), and R Solnit's book A Paradise Built In Hell. We save one another every time. Oligarchs, the "powerful," and cops are the ones who panic and are afraid of other people. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

resilience comes from people, not equipment. prepping craft. solid piece. "what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes... we must see our ties with our neighbors as essential preparation for the future ahead."

“The Prepper Delusion: what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

On the failings on prepper culture and the importance of community in an increasingly calamitous age. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

GIFT ARTICLE: "As the environment becomes more treacherous, we can’t rest in the false comfort that more stuff is enough to keep us safe. It’s the people around us who matter most to our survival." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

"What I’ve learned, across every one of these close calls and near misses, is that what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes."

This is half the article I’ve wanted to write for a while - there’s something even more interesting underneath it, in how men (all preppers seem to be men) are taught to pursue the *capacity* to help others, but not to actually practice helping others www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Useful stuff. We are social animals.

"Every decision you make in a disaster comes down to two questions: Is it safe where we are now? Will we be safe if we try to evacuate? More often than not, answering those questions means relying on the people around you." #ClimateChange #Prepper #Community www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

and not just for natural disasters, as Minnesota, LA, and Chicago among others have taught us this past year www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Guest Essay, The Prepper Delusion—In a rapidly warming world, my bad luck is increasingly ordinary. The number of federally declared disasters per year has roughly doubled in the past two decades, affecting more Americans than ever before… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o... @nytimes.com

This is truth. The model hardwired into out brains is not 'everyone for themselves" it's "we're in this together". www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

“Tomorrow there will be no climate havens. The sirens will sound again. Pack a bag if you want. But the real preparation begins when you knock on your neighbor’s door and invite them over” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

A good read. Especially if you’ve had to prepare a global business or your own home for an emergency. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

"What I’ve learned, across every one of these close calls and near misses, is that what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes. The Prepper Delusion www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Good points!! 👏👏 "It’s the people around us who matter most to our survival." ... "Tomorrow there will be no climate havens. The sirens will sound again. Pack a bag if you want. But the real preparation begins when you knock on your neighbor’s door and invite them over."

The Prepper Delusion www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o... TLDR: collective action is better than the myth of individual resilience.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o... “Tomorrow there will be no climate havens. The sirens will sound again. Pack a bag if you want. But the real preparation begins when you knock on your neighbor’s door and invite them over.”

Community is how we survive. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Community is how we survive. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

"...what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes. At a time when Americans are increasingly isolated from one another, we must see our ties with our neighbors as essential preparation for the future ahead."

👉👉👉"What I’ve learned, across every one of these close calls and near misses, is that what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

“As the environment becomes more treacherous, we can’t rest in the false comfort that more stuff is enough to keep us safe. It’s the people around us who matter most to our survival.” The Prepper Delusion www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

The Prepper Delusion www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

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True preparedness, he writes, requires you to: “Expand your home beyond just the four walls. Learn what others have to offer and recognize what brings us together and what we hold in common. What we truly need is community involvement.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

"In a rapidly warming world, my bad luck is increasingly ordinary...What I’ve learned, across every one of these close calls and near misses, is that what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

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“In a rapidly warming world…The number of federally declared disasters per year has roughly doubled in the past 2 decades, affecting more Americans than ever before. By 2050, experts predict, approximately 118 million Americans may face one or more extreme weather events annually.”

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...