For those interested in the advantages of a Jason Bourne lifestyle, or if the current global state has you a bit anxious, Neil Strauss’ amusing new book, Emergency, is for you.Strauss, the author of The Game, is a typical city guy with no stomach for surviving in a world altered by catastrophic terrorist events, collapsing markets or Acts of God. Motivated by this, and his lack of working Boy Scout skills, Strauss synthesizes his research on how one might survive, should the worst happen. Among others, Emergency’s topics include:

-Setting up a Swiss bank account

-Securing multiple passports

-Geoarbitrage

-Escape and evasion techniques

-Undetected border crossings

-How to survive when modern luxuries (electricity, communication devices, gasoline) aren’t an option

An entertaining and surprisingly instructive read, Emergency has gotten glowing reviews from other well-respected, high adventure authors, including The 4-Hour Work Week‘s Tim Ferriss, and from critics at Rolling Stone, Flavor Pill and Maxim. Here is a great book intro by Ferriss.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 11:05 am and is filed under Culture, Knowledge.