This month, we are in Vienna with American systems scientist JOHN CASTI, an expert on X-events. In EPISODE 4, the last podcast in the series, we learn how to anticipate, prepare for, and manage future X-events. RECAP: in EPISODE 1, we entered the world of X-events. In EPISODE 2, we encountered Wittgenstein. measured complexity gaps, [...]

Financial crises, disruptions to global communications systems, political upheavals, pandemics... Extreme - or 'X' - events are difficult to predict, high impact, and cause significant damage. How can we prepare for them, and can we survive them? - Episode 3 - Chrome Radio Podcast December 2017

In EPISODE 2, we encounter Wittgenstein and his passion for simplicity, learn how to measure complexity gaps, and understand how a comfortable plateau can morph into a perilous mountain peak!

Chrome Radio  travels to Vienna to interview  John Casti, an American systems scientist and expert on X-events, to find out more.  Over coffee and cake in Café Landtmann, we enter a world of shifting landscapes, complexity gaps, and random triggers. In EPISODE 1, he introduced us to the world of X-events, with its shifting landscapes, complexity gaps, and random [...]