Why the model had to evolve
A framework that aims to describe real systemic instability must not itself remain rigid. That is exactly the point PJenga has now reached. The first version showed that the core idea works: modern crises do not unfold like a simple linear row of falling dominoes, but rather as an interconnected set of coupled structures in which pressure migrates, accumulates out of sight, and suddenly becomes visible somewhere else.
At the same time, the first practical applications of the model, the feedback it received, and the effort to translate it into concrete case studies also revealed where the framework needed to become more precise. Not because its core was wrong, but because real systems operate in even more contradictory, recursive, and time-shifted ways than even a good first model can fully capture.
PJenga 2.0 is therefore not a break with the previous framework. It is its maturation. The basic architecture remains intact, but it is expanded by the elements tha…
