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Not so long ago, I was typing essays on a simple word processor. This wasn't a huge improvement in time management, as I was a ridiculously slow typist, no matter my device of choice. Previously, like many of you, I would spend hours laboring over an archaic typewriter, correcting mistakes with Wite-Out and retyping papers over and over again. It got to the point that I had to pay my family to type things for me just to get my homework done on time.

In science, mathematics and systems analysis, more and more is being written about "fragility". In fact, the brilliant Nassim Taleb's next book is on this very topic. With our financial bubbles and torrid pace of change, it is no wonder that this term is entering into the lexicon of business and entrepreneurship. We are all searching for ways to survive chaos and an uncertain landscape.