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The Orthogonal Bet

What the Microsoft Outage Reveals about Complex Systems

Feb 14, 2025
10:21

In this episode, host Samuel Arbesman delves into the recent CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage, providing insights on how to understand this event through the lens of complexity science. The episode was inspired by Sam's very timely post in the Atlantic: ⁠"What the Microsoft Outage Reveals"⁠

Join us as Sam answers Producer ⁠Christopher Gates⁠’ questions, exploring the intricate web of factors that led to this global system failure and offering a unique perspective on navigating and preventing such crises in the future.

Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Christopher Gates⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music bySuno

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