Antifragile should be a mandatory read for all policy makers and investment bankers. Recurring themes throughout the book include skin in the game, via negativa, lindy effect, barbell strategy and the green lumber fallacy. 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. Antifragile things that gain from disorder nassim nicholas. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile the. Nov 27, 2012 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. Nonetheless, the uk edition of antifragile, his sprawling souk of a book about how we can live happily in a world that defies understanding, carries on. Books antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb eleni panagiotarakou benefits from nassim nicholas talebs attack on the follies of overcautiousness antifragile. I can say this with confidence because i have found his past ideas compelling and have applied them with very positive effects.
Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb is going to have important impact on my life, because i intend to apply the concepts to my behavior. Antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb issue 97 philosophy now. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Nov 27, 2012 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. Jan 28, 2014 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. Things that gain from disorder audible audio edition. 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. Dec 17, 2012 antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. He currently teaches at columbia universitys ms program in information and knowledge strategy. Jun 06, 20 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. Nov 24, 2012 antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb.
Things that gain from disorder 2012, alongside fooled by randomness. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times. An unwanted event caused an offsetting positive outcome in all these scenarios. Dec 03, 2012 antifragile resembles a selfhelp book, though it is difficult to imagine any other selfhelp book as intemperate and cranky. Nov 29, 2012 larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles. 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. Fooled by randomness, the black swan, the bed of procrustes, antifragile. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto. When, along with applied systems scientist dr joe norman, we first reacted to coronavirus on 25 january with the publication of an academic note urging caution, the virus had reportedly infected fewer than 2,000 people worldwide and fewer than 60 people were dead.
I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10. 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. Jan 12, 2016 data doesnt escape talebs scorn either. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by randomness. Jan 09, 20 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. How to live in a world we dont understand by nassim. 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. Taleb asks too little in this book by not exploring the true sources of antifragility. The impact of the highly improbable 2007 completes nassim nicholas talebs. A reader could easily run out of adjectives to describe nassim nicholas talebs new book antifragile. Nassim nicholas taleb, joe ochman, random house audio. Antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb middle way society. As the book progresses, taleb covers in great depth the domain of the fragile and the opposing domain of the antifragile showing how fragility can be detected, measured, and transformed.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read incerto 4book bundle. 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. Nate silver wrote an entire book on this subject, appropriately titled the signal and the noise, which id also highly. If the idea is nice and neat, however, the book that houses it is just the opposite. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. Things that gain from disorder kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. And we must do this by rejecting the rampant fragilization of the economy, health, politics and education of the last few decades. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. In nassim nicholas taleb s book, antifragile, he talks about black swans, which he describes as largescale.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. It suggests that this quality has been vital for the progress of human civilization since ancient times. Nassim nicholas taleb takes a critical look at modern society and its aim to smooth out life by interfering in systems like the economy. Fooled by randomness, the black swan, the bed of procrustes, antifragile ebook written by nassim nicholas taleb. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most influential. Everything that is alive, and everything that stays alive displays some sort of antifragility. Things that gain from disorder, nassim taleb explains the concept of antifragility. Even taleb was stunned by the success of his books, first fooled by randomness, and then the black swan, which sold more than three million copies, was translated into 33 languages, stayed in the. The author is a tireless selfaggrandiser, boasting of his gargantuan. Nassim nicholas taleb find out how to protect your nest egg, why steve jobs was an artisan but elon musk isnt, and so much more.
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. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the independent. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. Nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series is an investig. The central theme of the book is antifragility, which taleb defines in the prologue. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability. He makes the point that big data the measurement of lots of different variables can throw up random correlations, obscuring the signal in noise. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim taleb s rules for life, its actually rather enjoyable. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin. He comes close, alluding in many places that marketbased institutions better combat the false security that planned institutions create.