The Seneca Effect Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid

“The bulk of this book is a catalogue of collapses. Bardi starts small with structural failures, such as collapsing building, avalanches, or cracks in metal objects and how these grow. He then walks the reader through a selection of cheerful examples of past or imminent collapses on larger scales … . Bardi’s book is an interesting and worthwhile exercise in bringing together many seemingly disparate topics into one framework that should get readers thinking.” (Leon, NHBS Book Shop, nhbs.com, September, 2018)