The PJenga Framework by
Ike Aaren Hadler -
2026-03-05
A model for understanding global system instability
The world rarely collapses in a single moment.
Most systems fail slowly.
From the outside everything still looks stable. Institutions continue to function. Markets open in the morning. Governments issue statements. Ships still move through global trade routes.
But internally something has already changed.
The structure has lost integrity.
The PJenga Framework is an attempt to describe this process.
It starts with a simple metaphor: imagine the global system not as a row of dominoes, but as a series of interconnected Jenga towers.
In a domino model, causality is linear. When one tile falls, the next must follow.
But real-world systems do not behave like domino chains.
They behave more like Jenga towers.
A block can be removed and the structure may appear stable for a long time. Yet every removed block shifts weight and tension through the system. Stress accumulates silently until a seemingly sma…
