Likewise with randomnessuncertaintychaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. Philosophical notebook short list of smear artists and why one should address the. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words. He currently teaches at columbia universitys ms program in information and knowledge strategy. Antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. A brief explanation of nonlinearities as detection of risk in medicine from antifragile, directly from mathematical necessities, or the ideas behind antifragile. Books by nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan. Antifragile resembles a selfhelp book, though it is difficult to imagine any other selfhelp book as intemperate and cranky. It has many different concepts and some extremely interesting points of view. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Not readily reducible to a definition taleb takes the whole book to develop the idea, suffice to say here that antifragile s oppositeseconomic, political, or medical systems that are vulnerable to sudden collapsetend to be managed by highly educated people who think they know how systems work. I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness.
Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. As such, it should not come as a surprise that taleb believes in a strong. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb is a philosophical treatment of talebs research on highly improbable, highimpact events. At the core, he tends to mistake the unknown for the nonexistent. Blog thought and opinion nassim taleb and the seven rules of antifragility. The fragilista defaults to thinking that what he doesnt see is not there, or what he does not understand does not exist. I just finished reading antifragile last night and i think it was an amazing book. Lebaneseamerican scholar and writer nassim nicholas talebs the black swan. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. Taleb was treated as a rock star at the world economic.
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. Taleb opens his chapter on seneca by stating that a couple of millennia before fat tony, another child of the italian peninsula solved the problem of antifragility. Antifragile things actually grow and flourish in the face of uncertainty. Every once in a while, a book comes out with ideas that are like fireworks. The opposite of fragility isnt robustness, but antifragility. The aim is an intuitive discussion of technical points in nassim nicholas talebs antifragile. Analysis of nassim nicholas talebs antifragile audiobook.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. This is an audiobook summary of antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb this is not the original audiobook. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes. Antifragile by nassim taleb things that gain from disorder wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. However, pundits and scholars are often inclined to fit such extreme events into a causal narrative after the fact, in order to make history appear more. I am very grateful to you for writing and publishing these books. Things that gain from disorder, a few months back upon the recommendation from anthony and brett, and absolutely fell in love with the concept. Antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb middle way society. The argument of the book antifragile is that when you have a lower bound on bad outcomes, volatility can only be good for you, as the most extreme variation can only occur in the direction of good outcomes. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a black swan world. 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.
A business memoir that owes more to nassim taleb than to jack welch, david shaywitz describes similarities he sees between nassims thinking and the thinking of pixar president ed catmull, as revealed in his memoir creativity inc. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. Try to dig it up and it breaks into pieces, each of which will grow into a new plant.
For example, a set of wine glasses is fragile because any volatility will break them, but humankind is antifragile thanks to evolution and our ability to adapt to environmental changes. Nassim taleb is also an eclectic, entertaining and at times beautifully sarcastic writer in antifragile he coined iand, standing for. His newest book, antifragile, is a philosophical tract about the design and evolution of structures as applied to human and some nonhuman. This extremely rewarding book is full of insights about the justification of our beliefs, many of which have a close relationship to the middle way.
More than just robust or flexible, it actively thrives on disruption. It confirmed a lot of things i have noticed about life and my decisionmaking processes. Nassim nicholas taleb on senecas barbell the strategy. He gets in twitter fights, eats a lot of squid ink pasta, but also has many fans. In this book, written by nassim taleb author of black swan, we are introduced to antifragility, a concept where some systems are strengthened by volatility instead of weakened by it. Things that gain from disorder offers a compelling upgrade on senecas philosophy of life. Larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles.
The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it. Taleb recognises that the key condition for an objective attitude is the recognition that we do not have the full story, and. Taleb has now produced five books the three mentioned above, plus a technical treatise on options trading and a book of parables. Nassim nicholas talebs antifragile dares us to expect. 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. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times.
Praise for antifragile ambitious and thoughtprovoking. The impact of the highly improbable 2007 was, for me, an acquired taste. If they come out confusing, its my fault read the book. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto.
The first two books in the trilogy, fooled by randomness and the black swan, have made taleb the hottest thinker in the world, according to the london times. I enjoy his writing and, among all his books, think antifragile is the most complete description of his philosophy on life and markets. Most continue readingantifragile by nassim nicholas taleb. Antifragile pdf summary nassim nicholas taleb 12min blog. Antifragile a term used to mean the opposite of fragile, and denote things that gain from disorder, chaos, stressors. Facebook forum limited to philosophical discussions, books in progress.
Nassim has released the medicine and convexity antifragility, a summary technical sheet on his facebook page additional notes for antifragile. Antifragile features a fictional italianamerican character called fat tony. Antifragile is when something is actually strengthened by the knocks. Technical aspects of nassim talebs antifragile im just getting into the more technical portion of nassim talebs antifragile and really feel like im starting to not understand things. He gives all sorts of examples of this in the book. Nassim nicholas talebs book antifragile is a explosion of life changing ideas. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk. Antifragile is a book that is difficult to summarize.
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. I was a history major in college and havent done any sort of math in years, so im really lost. Nassim taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things that gain from disorder people, policies and institutions designed to thrive on. Book summary of talebs antifragile movement capital. The impact of the highly improbable, detailed the impossibility of predicting the future, which jerks forward by way of massive changes.
Fooled by randomness is talebs best book, followed by the black swan. Since the ideas in talebs work and what laloux describes as evolutionary purpose are. Fragile things are negatively impacted by uncertainty, stress. Nassim talebs black swans, white swans, and antifragility. Antifragile is the third book in talebs incerto italian for uncertain trilogy. 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.
His book, the black swan, is an original and audacious analysis of the ways in which humans try to make sense of unexpected events. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve. I really liked nassim talebs unapologetic writing style. One can apply the antifragility methodology to a variety of fields.
Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series. Antifragile, the black swan, fooled by randomness, the bed of procrustes by nassim nicholas taleb goodreads author 4. Antifragility and doseresponse in nature nassim talebs. A clerk in a large company is fragile as he has only one source of income. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. Unlike many books of this genre, which spend 200 pages padding a 5 page idea, antifragile is a fractal of a book, taking its central ideas and examining and applying them in myriad ways. The central theme of the book is antifragility, which taleb defines in the prologue. These events, which taleb calls black swans, are so improbable that they are unpredictable.
Fooled by randomness, the black swan, the bed of procrustes, antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb nov 15, 2016 4. I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10 years time. Farnam street participates in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to. Antifragile, nassim nicholas taleb s followup to his black swan, argues that topdown efforts to eliminate volatility in public and private lives end up making things more fragile.
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