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Thinking about the non-event

Counterfactuals and the challenge of thinking in systems

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Sep 22, 2026
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How do you assess what didn’t happen as opposed to what happened? History is easy to grasp, but what about anti-history, all the missed opportunities and avoided pitfalls? Even talking about the non-event as opportunity or risk doesn’t avoid the attachment of value. No wonder we’re so bad, I’m so bad, at thinking in systems.

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