The Foundation for Resilient Societies is dedicated to cost-effective protection of technologically-advanced societies from infrequently occurring natural disasters. All technologically-advanced societies rely on critical infrastructures--electric power generation and transmission, telecommunications, transportation, financial services, petrochemical refining, food production, water, and sanitation, to name just a few. Sustained interruption of any one of these critical infrastructures can result in economic, political, and social chaos. The profit incentive, which normally serves society well, provides inadequate protection from natural disasters which occur infrequently but have large impact. Surprisingly, just a few dollars per person per year is all that is needed to protect societies from many existential threats. The Foundation seeks to identify these cost-effective opportunities to protect societies and then make the case to political, business, and community leaders that action is needed.
