Humm...
Perhaps using the bed for a trampoline and getting 13 stitches in my head when I was young makes me think a bit different on defining "Serious Situations" and why I "Think Outside the Box" as I do. My reading :
US Constitution
Civil Disobedience
1984
Animal Farm
Gulag Archipelgo
One Day in the life of Ivan Dongovich
Plum Island
The Pillars Of The Earth
Atlas Shrugged
Montana Sky ( don't laugh even if by Nora Roberts)
Various works from Brister, Ruark,Jordan, Skeeter...toss in some Army/ Military FMs and survival guides including what bugs/plants to eat, navigation,...add more stuff on using a compass,making fires, finding/ getting/ making water safe to drink...first aid,hunting, fishing... and I never finished up on how to pick locks and hot-wire vehicles...by-pass alarms I learned a little about being a victim.
Just stuff I wanted to learn , still want to learn from folks whom have BTDT, political matters, and general common everday stuff I may / have found useful in life.
As much a I cuss MS...well, learning to use a PC, do a word doc, internet, and email and such - I can use this tool for the crap that is about to hit on taking my freedoms away and fight tyranny with.
I must have really hit my head hard, took a pc of wood off the headboard, broke skin ( duh...stitches) skull not cracked tho'