a capacity to accommodate fragility, is a fundament of…

Page 131 a capacity to accommodate fragility, is a fundament of vital, evolving systems whether geological or human. At the right temperature is, geologic faults allow for movement, ductility, flow. Earthquakes happen when weaknesses cannot be expressed. And communities which are rigid, which do not take into account the weak points of the community in other words people who are in difficulty, tend to be communities that do not evolve. When they do evolve, it's generally by a very strong commotion, a revolution .

— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Becoming wise by Krista Tippett

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Plan for it, too: because you cannot predict the future, build margins and flexibility into your plans so a single shock cannot sink you. And remember the lesson of the geological fault — communities and people that are rigid, that cannot make room for their own weak points, do not bend under pressure; they crack. And then there is perseverance. Most people, William James noticed, never run far enough on their first wind to discover that they have a second; the trick is simply to keep climbing — to find the next curve while you are still on the first, before you can even see where it ends. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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