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Lee Daniel Kravetz is the author of the internationally bestselling book Supersurvivors. He has written for The Atlantic, New York magazine, Psychology Today, the. Daily Beast, and the New York Times, among other publications. He lives in northern California with his wife and children.

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I never received my copy that I won in a GOODREADS giveaway back on May 15, 2018. I've reached out with no response. Sadly, I need to clear my reading queue & shall assign a 1 star rating. I was excited to have won & looked forward to reading. If I ever receive it, I'll read & post corrected review.
 
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tenamouse67 | 5 autres critiques | Oct 18, 2022 |
In 2009, the city of Palo Alto was rocked by an unusual series of teenage suicides. Then, in 2014, it happened again. The 10-year suicide rate for the area suddenly became between four and five times the national average. Kravetz, a journalist as well as a concerned resident of Palo Alto, decides to dig into how human acts, emotions and behaviors become contagious.

Though not riveting, this book gives the reader a lot to think about, beyond the scope of the Palo Alto suicides, with respect to human psychology, which never fails to be weird and fascinating. It was eye-opening to think of eating disorders and violence as contagious on a subconscious level, as well as the idea of different locations having varying tolerance levels toward violence in their communities, and troubling to consider that what is needed for a community or individual to cope/heal/process (awareness campaigns, support groups, etc.) is in itself simultaneously a spreader of contagion. I experienced a sudden jolt of panic when it finally clicked, a rather embarrassing three quarters of the way through the book, that I too am sending my child to a highly-ranked, potentially high-pressure school, which was certainly food for thought. I'm somewhat surprised that this tragic series of events had never been in my awareness before now, and I naturally became curious about what may have transpired in Palo Alto since the book's publication — thankfully, it seems not much. Nevertheless, I think my next book will have to be a somewhat light-hearted pick-me-up.… (plus d'informations)
 
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ryner | 5 autres critiques | Sep 19, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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