Bak’s sandpile universe was violent —and history-making. It wasn’t that he didn’t see stability in the world, but that he saw stability as a passing phase, as a pause in a system of incredible —and unmappable —dynamism. Bak’s world was like a constantly spinning revolver in a game of Russian roulette, one random trigger-pull away from explosion.615 ↱
The Age of the Unthinkable
Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It
Joshua Cooper Ramo