Antifragile by Nassim Taleb: Summary, Notes, and Lessons - Nat Eliason

The book that’s had the greatest influence on my thinking and writing. A must read, and if you enjoy the content on this site, you’ll love Antifragile.

Antifragile By: Nassim Taleb Category : Philosophy Finished: November 23, 2020 Highlights The Antifragile The central theme of the book is “antifragility,” which Taleb defines in the Prologue: “Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile. Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile g

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