I sit down with Dr Brian Klaas, Associate Professor of Global Politics at University College London, and author of "FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters"
Nice Interview! I read and enjoyed Fluke and also am a fan of Brian's ongoing Substack essays on all manner of interesting subjects. I agree with most of what he presents - especially emphasizing the interconnectedness of reality - as proven by physics and many ecology studies and his shedding light on the weak nature of social science linear statistical models in a non-linear complex world. Yet I disagree about determinism and he seems to contradict himself based on his own Fluke thesis. I make my case in my updated review posted here on Substack not so long ago.
Thank you for the interview. I also think highly of Dr Klass’ work.
Thanks for reading John!
Nice Interview! I read and enjoyed Fluke and also am a fan of Brian's ongoing Substack essays on all manner of interesting subjects. I agree with most of what he presents - especially emphasizing the interconnectedness of reality - as proven by physics and many ecology studies and his shedding light on the weak nature of social science linear statistical models in a non-linear complex world. Yet I disagree about determinism and he seems to contradict himself based on his own Fluke thesis. I make my case in my updated review posted here on Substack not so long ago.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christophermeestoerato/p/review-of-important-new-book-fluke?r=12utpl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true