b'WE LCOMEsfis action & board of trustees annual symposium the complexity of crisisn ovember13 & 14, 2020 // v irtualIn 1836 JOHN MURRAY wrote the first modern guidebook for travelers in continental Europe .MURRAY s goal was to. . .make copious notes of all that he thought worth observation . . .calculated to interest the intelligent traveller .A century later in 1956 BRADFORD ANGIER , a modern day THOREAU -wannabe, wrote a travel guide to prolonging the journey of life, How to Stay Alive in the Woods . ANGIER described,amongotheressentialfacts,the miraculous properties of willow bark and the advantages of red cedar for making friction fires .This is a mental survivalists handbook for enduring thecomplexworld .Itisfulloftravelersmaking notes worth observing where it comes to the possible terminus of civilization . It is very much intended for the modern traveller who is forced to tour in their imagination since touring in person is the stuff of travel books from a bygone age, and communicating the advantages of your laptops Lithium-ion batteries for making unintended fires . David Krakauer SFI President & William H. Miller Professor of Complex SystemsPage 3Page 3'