@weaver.bsky.social once said to me that over a long enough timeline, any policy platform that is not isomorphic to "halal vs haram" is doomed because that's the level of complexity that we so far are able to make travel past multiple generational thresholds and I think about that possibly too much.

Establishing A Crisis Engineering Center Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes TODAY, April 7th, everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Here’s how to stand up a crisis engineering center:

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Our book, out today, explains the rest of what to do in order to use a crisis for rapid, directed change in any complex system. Buy it here:

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When the crisis comes - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

@anildash.com wrote a very nice thing about me, my friends, our company, and our book.

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When the crisis comes - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

@anildash.com wrote a very nice thing about me, my friends, our company, and our book.

www.anildash.com/2026/04/08/w...

Book is available right now: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

When the crisis comes - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

I think 99% of business and tech books are bullshit, but Crisis Engineering is that rare one that's actually insightful, because it captures insights from people who've actually managed crises, and teaches how to navigate your way out of them in a rational way. www.anildash.com/2026/04/08/w...

Crisis Engineering: The Book Our new book, Crisis Engineering, comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, as a paperback, and audiobook (read by Cassandra Campbell) (preview on SoundCloud). For bulk orders below 500 cop...

My friend @weaver.bsky.social‘s book CRISIS ENGINEERING is technically no longer a preorder (out today!):

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AndI am excited about @miriamposner.com’s SEEING LIKE A SUPPLY CHAIN — it’s coming out in October!

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you missed one, it's okay i got it

Establishing A Crisis Engineering Center Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes TODAY, April 7th, everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Here’s how to stand up a crisis engineering center:

crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/establishing...

Our book, out today, explains the rest of what to do in order to use a crisis for rapid, directed change in any complex system. Buy it here:

crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

Trial by Fire: Crisis Engineering A new book shows how to turn a crisis into the change you've been waiting for

Jen Pahlka on our book, CRISIS ENGINEERING, which comes out today.

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Trial by Fire: Crisis Engineering A new book shows how to turn a crisis into the change you've been waiting for

Jen Pahlka on our book, CRISIS ENGINEERING, which comes out today.

www.eatingpolicy.com/p/trial-by-f...

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AI Won’t Eliminate Engineers Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Layer Aleph partner Mikey on AI:

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a meditation on this matter, from a while ago, since GPS is back in the news

mjw.wtf/atotp.pdf

gotta put some systems thinking in our systems thinking

possible I am partly to blame for @danhon.com ‘s perspective

Interesting point on how bureaucracy goes from designed to evolved (with non-obvious pathways) over time!

Seems like strong intersection with @weaver.bsky.social’s view of the world.

AI Won’t Eliminate Engineers Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Layer Aleph partner Mikey on AI:

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A flock of white tundra swans flying against a slate grey sky, formation all disrupted by a pair of much darker Canada geese flying by to their lower right.

flock of tundra swans this morning were making all manner of commotion about the pair of Canada geese that gave them a flyby (lower right)

a striking dark brown-and-white hawk soaring against a flawless blue sky

probably a rough-legged hawk (buteo identification is hard mode)

Chicago river at sunset

Chicago river at sunset

Looking west in Chicago at sunset

Chicago river at sunset

Chicagohenge

#chicago
#photography
#photooftheday
#streetphotography
#chicagohenge

a striking dark brown-and-white hawk soaring against a flawless blue sky

probably a rough-legged hawk (buteo identification is hard mode)

The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?

oh no I’m going to be insufferable after this—my piece The Pelvic Floor is a Problem has been picked for BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2025!! www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

The Five Indicators of Crisis III Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Series in the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change.

Part III today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

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The Five Indicators of Crisis III Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Series in the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change.

Part III today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

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Crisis Engineering by Marina Nitze, Matthew Weaver, and Mikey Dickerson Read by Cassandra Campbell Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide. “A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-

Rather listen than read? Great news, we got Cassandra Campbell to read the audiobook version of CRISIS ENGINEERING.

You can preview it here:
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Marc Andreesen’s Dumb Head merged with Dying Darth Vader’s

Every time I see Marc Andreesen.

Fortunately I know a guy down at the http factory, patched things up with a 301.

Thanks, Ari.

The Five Indicators of Crisis II Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Series in the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change.

Part II yesterday. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

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I’m a very experienced computer typer

The Five Indicators of Crisis II Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure, and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026 everywhere books are sold as a paperback, and audi...

Series in the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change.

Part II today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/the-five-ind...

The Five Indicators of Crisis Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, as a paperback, and aud...

Series coming to the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change.

Starts today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin...

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Crisis Engineering Book Our new book, Crisis Engineering, comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, in paperback and audiobook versions. The book includes case studies of Three Mile Island and our own experiences ...

buy our book & subscribe to our newsletter. crises are the only opportunity for rapid directed change in complex systems.

We show you how not to waste them.

Also, Stanley McChrystal said it is a book he wished he’d had in difficult times.

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