{"product_id":"x-events-book-john-l-casti-9780062088284","title":"X-Events","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am an assiduous reader of John Casti's books. He is a real scientific intellectual.\u003cbr\u003e --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eFooled by Randomness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasti is at his best in presenting difficult philosophical ideas enthusiastically and lucidly, and in presenting everyday examples to illustrate them.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his highly provocative and grippingly readable book, \u003cem\u003eX-Events\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eThe Black Swan\u0026gt;\u003c\/em\u003emeets Jared Diamond's\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eCollapse\u003c\/em\u003e, Casti's book provides a much-needed wake-up call--sounding a fascinating and frightening warning about civilized society's inability to recover from a global catastrophe-- demonstrating how humankind could be blasted back into the Stone Age by a meteor strike, nuclear apocalypse, worldwide contagion, or any number of unforeseeable\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eX-Events\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49592298701073,"sku":"GOR005027687","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343269105937,"sku":"CIN0062088289G","price":6.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50922713907473,"sku":"CIN0062088289VG","price":5.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062088289.jpg?v=1750939042","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/x-events-book-john-l-casti-9780062088284","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}