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Antifragile

Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Author and entrepreneur

9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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Derek Sivers

Author; founder of CD Baby

9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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Ev Williams

Co-founder of Twitter and Medium

9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.

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Recommended by 12 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Tim Ferriss

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Difficulty:hard
Length:Long(545 pages)
Themes:antifragility vs fragilityoptionality vs forecasting

Should I read this?

Taleb’s Antifragile reads like a sprawling, anecdote-heavy monologue from a sharp but abrasive dinner guest. The core idea — that some systems thrive on volatility — is genuinely useful for rethinking risk in careers, investing, and health. However, the book is padded with digressions, personal vendettas, and broad generalizations. You’ll gain a memorable mental model but likely lose patience with the self-congratulatory tone and absence of empirical rigor. Best absorbed in small doses, not as a coherent argument.

Read this if...

  • A junior risk analyst at a bank who has been burned by Value-at-Risk models during a market shock and wants a heuristic to argue against over-reliance on normal distributions and centralized forecasting.
  • A founder of a deep-tech startup entering a volatile market who needs a lens to see trial and error as a source of advantage rather than a danger, especially when deciding between pivoting rapidly and committing to a long-term plan.
  • A policy analyst disillusioned with top-down urban planning, looking for arguments to defend decentralized, bottom-up systems that improve through stress and local experimentation rather than grand designs.

Skip this if...

  • You’ll likely put it down when the author launches into pages of score-settling diatribes against specific intellectuals, if you came for ideas rather than personal feuds.
  • Skip if you want empirical data or a step-by-step method; the book offers sweeping anecdotes and a mindset, not a replicable process with measurable outcomes.
  • You’ll be annoyed if you dislike a didactic, elitist voice — the author’s repetitive contempt for ‘fragilistas’ and experts can feel exhausting by the midpoint.

Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and…

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Reading Specifications

Difficulty:hard

Length:545 pages (Long)

Themes:
antifragility vs fragilityoptionality vs forecastingbarbell strategy vs moderation

Audience Fit

Recommended for:
  • A junior risk analyst at a bank who has been burned by Value-at-Risk models during a market shock and wants a heuristic to argue against over-reliance on normal distributions and centralized forecasting.
  • A founder of a deep-tech startup entering a volatile market who needs a lens to see trial and error as a source of advantage rather than a danger, especially when deciding between pivoting rapidly and committing to a long-term plan.
  • A policy analyst disillusioned with top-down urban planning, looking for arguments to defend decentralized, bottom-up systems that improve through stress and local experimentation rather than grand designs.
Not ideal if you want:
  • You’ll likely put it down when the author launches into pages of score-settling diatribes against specific intellectuals, if you came for ideas rather than personal feuds.
  • Skip if you want empirical data or a step-by-step method; the book offers sweeping anecdotes and a mindset, not a replicable process with measurable outcomes.
  • You’ll be annoyed if you dislike a didactic, elitist voice — the author’s repetitive contempt for ‘fragilistas’ and experts can feel exhausting by the midpoint.

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Key themes

antifragility vs fragilityoptionality vs forecastingbarbell strategy vs moderationskin in the game vs armchair theoryvia negativa vs positive intervention

Why recommended

Recommended by 24 sources and appears in Best Investing Books, Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, and Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss.

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9. When I read this book in 2015, it opened up a whole new dimension of the world that was unknown to me. How there are things that GAIN from disorder. | 9/ Antifragile. @nntaleb smashes many assumptions widely accepted by intellectuals and experts. He shows that what matters is not being “right” but making sure you survive and are positioned to gain in a world we cannot predict and largely do not understand. | A review of Nassim Taleb's new brilliant book: Randomness, probability and uncertainty: Stress best, The Economist | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the ?opposite of fragile.? Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Bold perspectives, unusual ideas, and surprisingly wise advice around an interesting subject of the “opposite of fragile.” Looking through that lens at health, education, governments, business, and life philosophy. Very inspiring, and sparks a lot of further discussion. | Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade. A meandering philosophical treatise that explores how all types of systems — your body, nature, the economy, your company — get stronger or weaker with stress. Some don’t like Taleb’s writing style, but his ideas are compelling. | On my podcast Nassim discusses ?Antifragility? ? building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | On my podcast Nassim discusses “Antifragility” – building a system, even on that works for you on a personal level, where you if you harm your self in some way it becomes stronger. That podcast changed my life. He discusses Antifragility throughout history, up to our current economic situation, and even in our personal situations. | One of the better books I read in 2013. | The general concept is applicable to many fields beyond biology, for instance finance, economics and monetary policy. | This is his collection of ancient wisdom. He is also famous for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, and Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and Markets, all of which are worth reading.
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