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. Also i got the antifragile and havent started it yet, but plan on doing so. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, taleb s message is revolutionary. But if you are going to read it then you must commit to reading it at least two or three times to let it. Dec 05, 2012 nassim taleb is annoying, but antifragile is still worth reading. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and former. Nassim taleb is the original, idiosyncratic mind behind fooled by randomness, the black swan, and antifragile, a bestselling series of books on the nature of complexity, randomness, and a world where rare events dominate the landscape. May 11, 2010 the black swan 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. 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.
As such, its more of a book on how not to invest rather than how to invest the term black swan itself has entered the common financial vernacular and is used to describe an outlier event entirely outside of the realm of. Rather than reduce risk, organize your life, your business or your society in such. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black. What taleb has identified and calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by randomness. Jul 14, 2017 nassim nicholas taleb has little tolerance for, well, a lot of things. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a black swan world. Nov 24, 2012 nassim nicholas taleb, the lebaneseborn financial traderturnedacademicturnedphilosopher, in 2007 foresaw something very like the global blowup of the coming year even though his entire. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and. Fa antifragile af nassim nicholas taleb som paperback bog pa.
Antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. After giving much thought to it, there may not be a way to get abs from. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin. Antifragile is a celebration of risk and randomness and a call to arms to recognize and embrace antifragility. Nassim taleb takes great issue with this approach in his new book antifragile. Taleb s basic thesis is that people and institutions are either fragile, robust, or antifragile. The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the repetition. Things that gain from disorder incerto antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty. Things that gain from disorder in antifragile, unlike the previous books, taleb refers a lot to medicine and biology, noting how there had been times in history when medicine has done a lot more harm than good.
Larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles. 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. 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 organized. Why is nassim taleb, author of antifragile so mentally fragile. Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. Nov 21, 2012 the problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge and has led three careers around this focus, as a businessmantrader, a philosophical essayist, and an academic researcher. Everything that is alive, and everything that stays alive displays some sort of antifragility. Nassim nicholas taleb has little tolerance for, well, a lot of things. 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 summary by nassim taleb part 2 youtube. Nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series is an investig. May 12, 20 the triad fragile, robust, antifragile this is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. 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.
Really made me think about how i think mohsin hamid, author of exit west tough times dont last. Things that gain from disorder 01 by taleb, nassim nicholas isbn. I really liked nassim talebs unapologetic writing style. An excellent book that has influenced my thinking more than almost any other, and continues to be a reference i go back to.
I am pretty sure people will still be reading taleb s two previous books in 10 years time. Dec 17, 2012 antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times. 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. All four volumesantifragile, the black swan, fooled by randomness, and the expanded edition of the bed of procrustes, updated with more than 50 percent. An executive summary of nassim nicholas talebs antifragile. This is an excellent question that can be difficult to answer but ill take a shot.
Nassim nicholas taleb has been one of the most influential writers of our times. In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from antifragile. Instead the focus should be in building antifragile institutions. Scholar, statistician and guru of riskmanagement recommends his favorite novels and the best professional books the tartar steppe by dino buzzati taleb on his personal website. He currently teaches at columbia universitys ms program in information and knowledge strategy.
Nassim nicholas taleb, born in lebanon, started his career as a derivatives trader on wall street. Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most. Nassim taleb will be in conversation with ed smith at union chapel, london n1 tomorrow at 7pm.
He currently teaches at columbia universitys ms program in. Antifragile systems are those which he advocates we move towards. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the independent. More than anything, i really love taleb s approach to writing nonfiction and his vindictive, scornful, angry voice. A fragile person is one who thinks he can predict the futureand when things go very sour, he is sorely hurt, usually in a i had previously read nassim taleb s the black swan. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. 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. Nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. 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. In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. 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.
The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10. Jan 28, 2014 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 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. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk. Nassim taleb is annoying, but antifragile is still worth. I am very grateful to you for writing and publishing these books. Starts to get a little repetitive and lag towards the end, but i cant stop thinking about this book, and bringing it up in conversation. 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. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that it s basically nassim taleb s rules for life, it s actually rather enjoyable. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability.
All systems can be categorized as one of these three. Here taleb stands uncer tainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. Jan 23, 20 nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in people, markets. It confirmed a lot of things i have noticed about life and my decisionmaking processes. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. So he invented oneantifragileand wrote an entertaining and enlightening book around the concept.
His view is that constructing such socalled robust institutions is not sufficient as it continually fights yesterdays battle. The author says that the increased complexity of our society also makes our society more fragile. Nassim nicholas taleb the observer financial crisis. Antifragile represents talebs response to that complaint. A reader could easily run out of adjectives to describe nassim nicholas talebs new book antifragile. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. How the most intolerant wins nassim talebs latest book.
He is a scholar, statistician, former trader, and an alumnus of wharton business school. In this video i will present 5 additional takeaways from antifragile. 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. But, as his latest book demonstrates, he holds a particular grievance against the mediocre, the safe middle ground, and most. One can, however, get abs from randomness and uncertainty so to speak. Nassim taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things that gain from disorder people, policies and institutions designed to thrive on. The impact of the highly improbable is a book about epistemology, probability, risk, and psychological biases. I have read his other books and they are all good but antifragile is the synthesis of all of his ideas.
Like any other philosopher, writer or thinker, he is often misquoted and misunderstood, and his ideas are misrepresented. This book builds upon ideas from his previous works including fooled by randomness 2001, the. About antifragile 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. Nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in people.
Things that gain from disorder, nassim taleb explains the concept of antifragility. 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. Praise for antifragile taleb takes on everything from the mistakes of modern architecture to the dangers of meddlesome doctors and how overrated formal. Nassim nicholas taleb s 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.
These events, which taleb calls black swans, are so improbable that they are unpredictable. In the black swan, taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. 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. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. Antifragile resembles a selfhelp book, though it is difficult to imagine any other selfhelp book as intemperate and cranky. 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. Mar 06, 2016 nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. The black swan by nassim nicholas taleb is a philosophical treatment of talebs research on highly improbable, highimpact events. I just finished reading antifragile last night and i think it was an amazing book. 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. His books black swan, fooled by randomness, antifragile have addressed fundamental issues plaguing the world.
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