X-Events The Collapse of Everything

Name: X-Events The Collapse of Everything
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ISBN: 9780062088284

ISBN-10: 0062088289

ISBN-13: 9780062088284

Edition: 2012

Authors: John L. Casti

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“I am an assiduous reader of John Casti’s books. He is a real scientific intellectual.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times bestselling author of Fooled by Randomness“Casti is at his best in presenting difficult philosophical ideas enthusiastically and lucidly, and in presenting everyday examples to illustrate them.”—New York Times Book ReviewIn his highly provocative and grippingly readable book, X-Events, author John Casti brilliantly argues that today’s advanced, overly complex societies have grown highly vulnerable to extreme events that will ultimately topple civilization like a house of cards. Like Nassim Taleb’s The Black Swan meets Jared Diamond’s Collapse, Casti’s book provides…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Author's Note


Preamble: Putting the "X" into x-Events



Why Normal Isn't So "Normal" Anymore



Getting Down to Cases



Digital Darkness


A Long-Term, Widespread Failure of the Internet



When do we Eat?


Breakdown of the Global Food-Supply System



The Day the Electronics died


A Continent-Wide Electromagnetic Pulse Destroys All Electronics



A New world Disorder


The Collapse of Globalization



Death by Physics


Destruction of the Earth Through the Creation of Exotic Particles



Blown Away


Destabilization of the Nuclear Landscape



Running on Empty


Drying Up of World Oil Supplies



I'M Sick of It


A Global Pandemic



Dark and Dry


Failure of the Electric Power Grid and Clean Water Supply



Technology Run Amok


Intelligent Robots Overthrow Humanity



The Great Unwinding


Global Deflation and the Collapse of World Financial Markets



X-Events Redux


Notes and References


Index