Exercise 1.1: Black Swan Autopsy

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[Verse 1]
March twenty-twenty, COVID struck the globe
Restaurants shuttered, airlines froze their code
Hospitals strained while tech stocks climbed the charts
Supply chains snapped like broken guitar parts
First came the obvious: tourism died
Then ripples spread to sectors far and wide

[Chorus]
Map the cascade, four sectors deep
Black swan autopsy, secrets to keep
Foreseeable impacts, novel surprise
Time horizon tells us when chaos arrives
Autopsy the black swan, learn how it spreads
Connect every domino before the thread

[Verse 2]
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in days
Startups scrambled through financial maze
Tech layoffs triggered, venture funding dried
Real estate trembled as confidence cried
Week one: the panic, month two: the squeeze
Year three: innovation on its knees

[Chorus]
Map the cascade, four sectors deep
Black swan autopsy, secrets to keep
Foreseeable impacts, novel surprise
Time horizon tells us when chaos arrives
Autopsy the black swan, learn how it spreads
Connect every domino before the thread

[Bridge]
Suez Canal blocked for just six days
Shipping delayed in a thousand ways
Oil prices spiked, manufacturing stalled
Retail shelves empty, consumers appalled
Some shocks we predicted, others blindsided
Document the timeline, leave nothing divided

[Verse 3]
Ukraine invasion shook the grain supply
Energy markets reached for the sky
Fertilizer shortages, food crisis bloomed
Global inflation, recession loomed
Military spending, refugee flows
Cybersecurity, nobody knows

[Final Chorus]
Map the cascade, four sectors deep
Black swan autopsy, lessons to reap
Foreseeable patterns, genuine shock
Business continuity around the clock
Dissect every black swan, trace every thread
Prepare for the chaos that lies ahead

[Outro]
Document the timeline, mark every phase
Black swan autopsies illuminate the maze

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