Essays

Essays stand outside the book. They argue, teach and tell the stories of past failures, and they label speculation as speculation. Each has one address that shows its latest draft, with earlier drafts listed at its foot.

• Messi misses more than one penalty in five. Why do you almost never crash your car? Draft 2 · 2026-10-16 · Established: the figures, which come from the sources listed at the end (checked 2026-10-16) · Not established: the recovery-window idea is the author's argument, not a tested result; the AI-agent part states a working hypothesis and open questions, not findings · agent-drafted, not adopted