Lawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk & Preparedness)
What it is
Deviant Ollam gives a long talk on risk and preparedness: get a lawyer, passport, locksmith and other resources before you need them. It covers practical steps to build defenses against serious problems in life.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a thorough preparedness talk, and cited for specifics such as lawyers, password managers and gun ownership.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“it's worth an hour of your time.”
Talk covering what to prepare for death or emergencies.
myself248, 2023-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What do you put in a “in case of death” file?”
“in his talk here about risk preparedness I found really interesting”
Talk on risk preparedness found really interesting.
_rs, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: preparedness, security, legal, emergency planning, firearms
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