# Reframing Disasters By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2022-10-19 It's easier than ever to get comfortable, and we've built systems that attempt to mitigate natural and economic disasters. These systems are not foolproof, but the odds of being violently murdered are probably the lowest in human history. This comfort is obviously beneficial, but it does come with a cost. Comfortable means that change becomes much harder to stomach. As much as we try, change is inevitable. [[Life]] exists at the border of order and chaos. The closer we get to order, the more chaos needed to balance it out. This means bigger stock market crashes and more devastating hurricanes. You could view both events as outside human control, but there is a difference between occurrence and effect. Market crashes and hurricanes have always existed, but their severity is defined in human terms. The more dependent we are on the systems these events are a part of, the larger the impact and apparent chaos. If you live in an area of hurricanes, you should expect winds and rain. If your economic system is based on humans, you should expect to be disappointed. The more we invest in these areas, the more that exists within the destruction zone of inevitable disasters. The question is how we respond as a species. Do we double down or move out? Going backward is unlikely as Pandora's box is already opened. How do we build antifragile systems that benefit from the chaos? It might just be changing how we think about bad events. Maybe they are opportunities to rebuild something new and better. Perhaps they propel us forward. #### Related Items [[Economics]] [[Disasters]] [[Comfort]] [[Antifragile]] [[Chaos]]