The world

The earth is flat and rests on the backs of four elephants: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. The elephants in turn stand on the shell of the turtle called Chaos, which swims peacefully in the Sea of the Unknown.

When my grandchildren ask me what the world is like I will tell them that story; I will tell them that this is how the world really is. I can’t tell it to my children anymore because I already ruined their view of things by giving them a good education.

It’s time to re-educate ourselves, embrace chaos and understand the fragility of the world. Because risk cannot be measured, but fragility can.

All this time I have been ashamed to accept what my instinct tells me, but a recent flash of insight has shown me that I should trust it more, because it is wrong less often than I think.

Out of chaos comes order, and order ends in chaos.

Let the crises come, let the changes come, I’m ready. I have learned not to be afraid, because I can learn to adapt. I gave up on the idea of progress a while ago, but I didn’t understand the real way to face risk. But the ideas are many, so many that to absorb them I have to tell them to all of you, so you can help me understand better. Let’s dive without fear into the sea of the unknown and follow the turtle’s trail...