Though I'm not an RPGer, it strikes me that there's a relationship between that and the ability and inclination to think-through survival scenarios. As I said, I don't play RPGs, but I do read quite a lot of sci-fi/"what-if" fiction.

In general, this seems to be the opposite side of the fence to the "nothing bad can happen/if it does I can't do anything about it anyway" viewpoint that I'm sure many of us have encountered. On a wider level, this is a failure of imagination, in the same way that precautions* against people hijacking planes and flying them into buildings weren't taken until after it had happened; despite the fact that the idea had been around for years beforehand.

It's only a quarter-formed idea, but if we wish to encourage the preparedness meme, communities of, for example, fiction writers may be fertile ground.

eeph

* Most importantly, the abandonment of the "do whatever they say and we'll sort it out when you're on the ground" approach.