Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Statistics may not be the new rock n roll, but with so many prickly. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. Antifragile by nassim taleb march 12, 2016 march 12, 2016 kirtika 4 comments antifragile a term used to mean the opposite of fragile, and denote things that gain from disorder, chaos, stressors.
For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the authors best ideas. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder in the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a definitive solution. In the black swan, taleb showed that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. Nassim taleb will be in conversation with ed smith at union chapel, london n1 tomorrow at 7pm. The pandemic isnt a black swan but a portent of a more. For nassim nicholas taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.
Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications. In his new book antifragile, he provides a blueprint for living in a black swan world. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. An excellent book that has influenced my thinking more than almost any other, and continues to be a reference i go back to. His focus is on how different systems handle disorder. So, as soon youve finished reading letter from a stoic and on the happy life, jumping to antifragile is a smooth way back to dealing with practicalities of modern everyday life. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto. Malcolm gladwell, the new yorker talebs crystalline nuggets of thought stand alone like esoteric poems. A new wave of statisticians is doing its best to change the way we see the world.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current. Nassim nicholas taleb explains antifragile youtube. Nassim taleb here introduces the barbell strategy as a way of being antifragile. Antifragile pdf summary nassim nicholas taleb 12min blog. The barbell strategy means covering your downsides while increasing your upsides. Things that gain from disorder incerto book 3 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. The black swan has appealing cheek and admirable ambition. How to live in a world we dont understand by nassim. Likewise with randomnessuncertaintychaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. Agree that your summaryeasier to understand than the bookprefer the organization. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and former trader, nassim taleb. Nassim taleb dislikes the employee position because it makes you very dependent on someone and on someones whims.
In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from antifragile. I say that because rather than talk about the whole book im just going to write a bit more informally about my impressions, mainly regarding what he says about. Hidden asymmetries in daily life furthers the idea, asserting it is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency. A reader could easily run out of adjectives to describe nassim nicholas talebs new book antifragile. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times. Antifragile nassim nicholas taleb nieuworganiseren. The bestselling author of the black swan explains the concept of his new book, antifragile, and how we can thrive in a. This book builds upon ideas from his previous works including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010, and the bed of procrustes 20102016 and is the fourth book in the fivevolume. This book builds on the black swan taleb puts forward evidence and definitions for fragility, robustness and antifragility, and explains where they apply in life, and why you want to strive for antifragility. Taleb s talk of the concepts from his book antifragile.
The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems and medicine, drawing on modern street wisdom and ancient sources. The website shows a different cover to the stacked boxes in the post below, and has a different subtitle how to live in a world we dont understand which would presumably be. I just merely scratched the surface with my three lessons here, but thought itd be most helpful to get the idea of what antifragile even means for a start. Standing uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, taleb proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on. Antifragile by nassim taleb things that gain from disorder wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. Things that gain from disorder offers a compelling upgrade on senecas philosophy of life. Antifragile summary by nassim taleb part 2 youtube. Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. Nassim taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things that gain from disorder people, policies and institutions designed to thrive on volatility, instead of shattering in the encounter with it oliver burkman, guardian more than just robust or flexible, it actively thrives on disruption julian baggini, guardian. In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a definitive solution.
Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on november 27, 2012, by random house in the united states and penguin in the united kingdom. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. Radical philosopher nassim nicholas taleb offers a blueprint for how to live and thrive in a world we dont understand, and which is too uncertain for us to even try to predict. For taleb, an antifragile country would encourage the distribution of power among smaller, more local, experimental, and selfsufficient entitiesin short, build a system that could survive. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black swan and one of. Nassim nicholas taleb spent two decades as a trader and risk taker before becoming a fulltime essayist and scholar focusing on practical, philosophical, and mathematical problems with chance, luck, and probability. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a black swan world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. Nassim nicholas taleb is a renowned personality and an amazing writer despite being the author of several highly inspirational books like the black swan, fooled by randomness and the bed of procrustes, he also works at new york university polytechnic school of engineering as a professor of risk engineering he was born in 1960 in lebanon, and from an early age, taleb had interest in various.
Nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books. New book skin in the game, hidden asymmetries in daily life the fifth volume of the incerto. Just spotted nassim talebs upcoming book antifragile on penguin books uk website. Nassim nicholas taleb divides the world and all thats in it people, things. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and former. Skin in the game is nassim nicholas talebs fifth book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He presents it sometimes as part of a triptych with his earlier works the black swan and antifragile, and at other times as a continuation. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some systems.
Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black. In this video i will present 5 additional takeaways from antifragile. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes.
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