{"product_id":"9780062088307","title":"X-Events: The Collapse of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e“I 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 \u003cem\u003eFooled by Randomness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Casti 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Black Swan \u003c\/em\u003emeets Jared Diamond’s \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 \u003cem\u003eX-Events\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107677815024,"sku":"9780062088307","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062088307_p0.jpg?v=1769891838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062088307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}