Ben Sherwood discussing his book on survivors and heroism on The Charlie Rose Show

Prior to seeing this interview the other night, I'd never heard of Ben Sherwood, a television producer turned writer who's written a book on survivors, more specifically, what is it about some of us who, when presented with some sort of crisis, are able to flourish under extremely stressful circumstances while others tend to spiral out of control or just become completely frozen by fear. Turns out we all carry genes that sort of pre-determine our reactions to fucked up situations, like plane crashes and such. It was a rather interesting conversation...