Antifragile nassim nicholas taleb bok 9781400067824. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The impact of the highly improbable and distinguished professor of risk engineering and codirector of the research. Skin in the game is nassim nicholas talebs fifth book.
Outside a narrow range of mathematics, nothing is really proven, instead we use the best explanatory models we have. Talebs new book advances general understanding of how different systems operate, the great variation in how they respond to unthinkables, and how to make them more adaptable and agile. Never marry the rock star the barbell or bimodal strategy is a way to achieve antifragility and move to the right side of the triad. The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine, in talebs. 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. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Nassim taleb releases antifragile nyu tandon school of. Thales versus aristotle, and the notion of optionality, which allows. I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10 years time. I know its not a brave new world or harry potter but im telling you, this book had me reevaluating the entire world and my own life in a largely positive way. 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 turmoil.
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. Ive had many of you ask me for my thoughts on nassim talebs. 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. Fragile, robust, antifragile this is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. What follows is a full executive summary of antifragile. Belief libertarianism and churchfree religions next chapter 16. 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.
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. Larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles. My main point in answering this question is that we should try to give definitions of robustfragile antifragile criteria as applied to software development. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. Antifragility is a property of systems that increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures. 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. All systems can be categorized as one of these three. If you want a suggestion for the free audiobook or for reading a book, heres fightmediocrity beginners reading list. The triad fragile, robust, antifragile this is taleb s central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. 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.
No worship without skin in the game the gods do not like cheap signaling the evidence chapter 17. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile the. Eighteen months later, motivated slightly by talebs rise to celebrity guru status but more by hearing the young. Nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile if work is dull, dont do it, go stand outside in the cold, and much more. 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. Antifragile is the third book in talebs incerto italian for uncertain trilogy. Unlike many books of this genre, which spend 200 pages. They dont know what they are talking about when they talk about religion belief vs. If they come out confusing, its my fault read the book. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb part i. Antifragile should be a mandatory read for all policy makers and investment bankers. The first step toward antifragility consists in first decreasing downside, rather than increasing upside.
Leave your email and you will receive a invitation to download the 12min app. Things that gain from disorder incerto antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty. He currently teaches at columbia universitys ms program in information and knowledge. Last month, nassim taleb, author of the new york times best seller the black swan.
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. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs. Those who have read talebs last book, the bestseller and masterpiece the black swan, will notice that antifragile picks up things where taleb stopped the last time. Antifragile is a book that is difficult to summarize. Things that gain from disorder audiobook by nassim nicholas taleb.
Nassim nicholas taleb, the writer of the black swan once again presents us with an interesting and. A relatively quick reference point for the key concepts that he elaborates in the book. The microbook based on antifragile is already available on 12min. I still consider fooled to be his best book, and if you have never read talebs work that is where i would recommend. An executive summary of nassim nicholas talebs antifragile. Antifragile systems arenecessarily complex, and a certain amount of randomness is a natural and necessary part of complex systems.
I know its not a brave new world or harry potter but im telling you, this book had me reevaluating the entire world and my own life in a. What taleb has identified and calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. Can we apply nassim talebs antifragile concepts to. Talebs book a companion to his earlier books, fooled by randomness and the black swan aims to. Nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in people, markets. A must read as we continue to narrow the gap between chaos theory and behavioral finance. Things that gain from disorder incerto book 3 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. The barbell strategy in life and things as the transformation of anything from fragile to antifragile. Things that gain from disorder audiobook, by nassim nicholas taleb.
Maybe i am not intelligent enough to appreciate talebs genius, but for a pure mortal like me the book looks like the attempt, to. For instance, if you drink a poisonous substance in small amounts, the mechanism by which your organism gets better is, according to danchin, evolutionary within your system, with bad and weak. Optionality, technology, and the intelligence of antifragility the tension between education, which loves order, and innovation, which loves disorder. Antifragile systems are those which he advocates we move towards.
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