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Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Always Day 1
August 26, 2023
Book Of The Week
Antifragile is a book by Nassim Taleb that introduces a new word - antifragile. But what does it mean? Imagine dropping a glass - it breaks. The glass is fragile. Now, think of a rubber ball. If you drop it, it just bounces back. That's resilience. But what if there was something that actually got better every time you dropped it? That's antifragile.
Taleb takes this idea all over - from economics to your daily life. He says our world tries to hide from randomness. We build models, make plans. But in doing so, we're setting ourselves up for a fall. We're like a glass, not even a rubber ball.
He suggests a different way. Embrace the chaos. Don't fear the unknown. Imagine if a fall could make us stronger, not weaker. For example, think of a workout. It's tough, it hurts. But over time, it makes us stronger. That's antifragility in action.
In Antifragile, Taleb invites us to become like the mythical Hydra. When one head is cut off, two grow back. Not only surviving chaos, but thriving in it. It's a book that challenges how you see the world and your place in it.
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