F ROM T HE EDI T OR
Chaos And Order It is e a sy to fe e l - o r th i n k - th a t th e wo rld a ro u n d u s i s i n c h a o s e v e r y ti m e une xp e cte d thi n g s h a p p e n to u s . Th e t erm ch a o s is, a fte r a l l , u s e d to d e s c ribe situ a tio n s with c o m p l e te d i s o r d e r o r co n fu sio n . M e r r i a m - We b s te r d i c ti o nary officia lly d e fin e s i t a s : •
a sta te o f th i n g s i n w h i c h c h a n c e i s su p re me , o r
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th e in h e re n t u n p r e d i c ta b i l i ty i n the b e h a vio r of a c o m p l e x n a tu r a l s y s t em
It is in o u r n atu r e to b u i l d s y s te m s bas ed on o rd e r a n d p r e d i c ta b i l i ty, s i n c e s uc h enviro n me n ts a r e m o r e c o n d u c i v e to our su rviva l. Th e r e fo r e , a n y th i n g that ch a lle n g e s th a t v e r y s ta b i l i ty c a n b e se e n o r fe lt a s a th r e a t to o u r e x i s tenc e. Last mo n th I w r o te a b o u t Th e Sp i r i t O f Su rviva l a n d h o w “ a tta c k ” a n d “ d e fe n s e” stra te g ie s a re a l w a y s e v o l v i n g , a l w ay s goin g in to ch a o s , b u t th e s u r v i v o r s a re al so a lwa ys em e r g i n g fr o m th e c h a os with a n e w a d a p ta ti o n , r e s to r i n g “ o r d er, ” at le a st te mp o r a r i l y. If yo u th in k tha t th i s “ c a t a n d m o u s e” game b e twe e n c h a o s a n d o r d e r o n l y app lie s to livin g o r g a n i s m s , th e n th i nk aga in : ma n y of o u r i n a n i m a te c r e a ti ons t oo , a re su b je c t to fa i l o r to s u c c e e d base d o n th e i r a d a p ta b i l i ty. H e r e a r e a f ew e xa mp le s : •
Su g a rca n e m i l l s th a t e v o l v e d i n to g e n e ra tin g e l e c tr i c i ty
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Au to mo b ile i n d u s tr y e v o l v i n g to b e co me “g r e e n e r ”
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Re ta ile rs le a v i n g “ b r i c k a n d m o r t ar” sto re s to s e l l o n - l i n e
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Gro ce ry sto r e s e x p a n d i n g th e i r se rvice s to i n c l u d e h o m e d e l i v e r i es
T hes e are j us t a f ew ex amples of how we need our bus ines s es and i ndus t ries to “ev olv e” in order t o s urv i v e (in order t o k eep employ ing us , humans ). L i k ewis e, news arc hiv es are f ull of s t ories of def unc t bus i nes s es t hat f ailed t o predic t t hreat s or t hat f ai led t o i mplement appropri at e or t imely c ount ermeas ures (B l oc k bus t er, t he mo vie rent al c ompany, qui c k ly c omes t o min d ) . I wis h y ou all s uc c es s as y ou ident if y and ov erc ome y our daily c hal lenges . Cheers !
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