When Systems Fail: What Pandemics and Cyberspace Tell Us About the Future of National Security
Benjamin Jensen
April 9, 2020
Everything is normal. Then it’s not. The world changes. In some cases, it breaks. What you thought was strong becomes brittle. What you thought was stable suddenly dissolves.
From financial markets and cyberspace to pandemics, migration, and climate change, complex systems surround us and fail in ways that separate them from traditional understandings of security challenges. As the world becomes more connected — the culmination of the promise of globalization — it becomes more complex. That complexity carries with it benefits for some and a hidden cost for all: fragility.
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