A myth-shattering social scientist takes a deep dive into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people's neat-and-tidy version of reality. He argues that we willfully ignore a bewildering but for a few small changes, our lives and our societies could be radically different.
Brian Paul Klaas is an American political scientist, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and an associate professor in global politics at University College London.