The piece has a calm, philosophical clarity, it moves smoothly from Taleb to Zen without forcing the connection. Loved that line about civilization being a bet against chaos; it frames the whole essay in a way people feel instinctively but rarely name.
The only invitation I’d offer is this: you brush against the emotional weight of unpredictability, but you don’t linger. There’s room to explore how it feels in the body when the pattern breaks, not as critique, just as a way to deepen the lived texture of the idea. the essay already has the structure; a little more human grain would make it resonate even stronger.
This is it! The danger isn’t chaos — it’s rigidity. Flexibility is the forgotten form of intelligence. And the Black Swan Event is here, maybe multiple ones (3I/ATLAS, anyone?) I love this post.
Thanks for mentioning the ‘87 market crash. Most people (who were adults then) don’t seem to remember it, whenever I ask them about it… Dunno if anyone remembers Teddy Ruxpin either, (the world’s first animatronic toy) but that company pulled out their shares *right* before that “Black Monday” crash. Reports of the odds being astronomically “impossible” make me think, it’s all a shart show.
I love that you’re pointing out the loops people live in. I want to share this with you. I wrote it and I think it’s important and on brand with the way you think.
The piece has a calm, philosophical clarity, it moves smoothly from Taleb to Zen without forcing the connection. Loved that line about civilization being a bet against chaos; it frames the whole essay in a way people feel instinctively but rarely name.
The only invitation I’d offer is this: you brush against the emotional weight of unpredictability, but you don’t linger. There’s room to explore how it feels in the body when the pattern breaks, not as critique, just as a way to deepen the lived texture of the idea. the essay already has the structure; a little more human grain would make it resonate even stronger.
This is it! The danger isn’t chaos — it’s rigidity. Flexibility is the forgotten form of intelligence. And the Black Swan Event is here, maybe multiple ones (3I/ATLAS, anyone?) I love this post.
Thanks for mentioning the ‘87 market crash. Most people (who were adults then) don’t seem to remember it, whenever I ask them about it… Dunno if anyone remembers Teddy Ruxpin either, (the world’s first animatronic toy) but that company pulled out their shares *right* before that “Black Monday” crash. Reports of the odds being astronomically “impossible” make me think, it’s all a shart show.
Shart, I say!
https://howardhertz.substack.com/p/black-swans-and-the-via-negativa?r=18ndhf
I love that you’re pointing out the loops people live in. I want to share this with you. I wrote it and I think it’s important and on brand with the way you think.
https://open.substack.com/pub/justinhewitt42/p/the-ground-beneath-the-sky-teaching?r=4aa574&utm_medium=ios
Namaste ~ good read ~ i don't know if this qualifies as a 'Black Swan' event ~ but it is beyond my grain-of-sand-comprehension ~ https://tjames51.substack.com/p/random-but-poignant-thoughts-2