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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

byBrian Klaas

Brian Klaas explores how tiny accidents, unlikely meetings, and unpredictable events can redirect individual lives and entire societies. Drawing on complexity science, social research, history, and personal stories, he challenges the comforting belief that outcomes follow neat, controllable plans. The book explains how interconnected systems amplify small changes and why hindsight makes contingent events look inevitable. Klaas does not argue that choices are meaningless; instead, he shows that our actions enter a web of consequences, making curiosity, humility, experimentation, and attention to others especially important.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Audio

Publication date

2024

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9781668006528