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He tells us how to live in a world that is unpredictable and chaotic, and how to thrive during moments of disaster. In his new book, antifragility, taleb goes much further. I enjoy his writing and, among all his books, think antifragile is the most complete description of his philosophy on life and markets. Nassim nicholas taleb, joe ochman, random house audio. Things that gain from disorder nassim taleb youtube. Having made a name with the highly influential black swan, in antifragility, nassim taleb proposes a new philosophical concept, which goes against practical wisdom. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. These types often consider themselves the victims of some large plot, a bad boss, or bad weather. Made me see many things in a new light and gave me a better language to. Likewise with randomnessuncertaintychaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. Nassim nicholas taleb is the founder of empirica capital llc, a hedge fund operator, and a fellow at the courant institute of mathematical sciences of new york university. For my wife and me, antifragile is an annual reread. Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from antifragile.

The website shows a different cover to the stacked boxes in the post below, and has a different subtitle how to live in a world we dont understand which would presumably be. Nassim nicholas taleb explains antifragile youtube. 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 talks antifragile, libertarianism, and capitalisms genius for failure the bestselling author of the black swan talks about his new book and why most public intellectuals. It would be disingenuous if i did not warn the reader that this is not your typical new book with a. And we must do this by rejecting the rampant fragilization of the economy. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile the. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and former trader, nassim taleb. Antifragile, a more philosophical work than talebs earlier books, shares much with the marxist philosophers alain badiou and slavoj zizek. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series. Talebs new book advances general understanding of how different systems operate, the great variation in how. 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.

Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. He gets in twitter fights, eats a lot of squid ink pasta, but also has many fans. The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems and medicine, drawing on modern street wisdom and ancient sources. Nassim nicholas talebs 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. It is a concept developed by professor nassim nicholas taleb in his book, antifragile, and in technical papers. Taleb is an independent thinker who is almost impossible to categorize. If this is your sort of thing as well, youve come to the right place. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by randomness.

Ive always had fun learning new ways of thinking, especially when the ideas turn out to be practical. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black. Book summary of talebs antifragile movement capital. Nassim taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things.

Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck. Antifragile by nassim taleb things that gain from disorder wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. Things that gain from disorder incerto book 3 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read antifragile. Anyway, as always with taleb, i now have a new reading list based on his footnotes. Antifragility, as he explains in his book, is the property of a system to thrive and improve when exposed to shocks, randomness, and failures. 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.

Vol 1 of the technical incerto will be out in april. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black swan. Antifragile nassim nicholas taleb nieuworganiseren. I have read his other books and they are all good but antifragile is the synthesis of all of his ideas. 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.

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. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes. Antifragile pdf summary nassim nicholas taleb 12min blog. Hidden asymmetries in daily life taleb, nassim nicholas on. Things that gain from disorder ebook written by nassim nicholas taleb. In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. If he only mentioned this once in the book, i would have let it slide, but i think it was repeated three times. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Traffic in new york someone call new york city officials. Skin in the game is nassim nicholas talebs fifth book. He has held a variety of senior derivative trading positions in new york and london and worked as an independent floor trader in chicago. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and.

In that way, it as rich on page 400 as it is on page 2. Things that gain from disorder audible audio edition. Antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. Talebs new book advances general understanding of how different systems operate, the great variation in how they. Just spotted nassim talebs upcoming book antifragile on penguin books uk website. 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. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a black swan world. The bestselling author of the black swan explains the concept of his new book, antifragile, and how we can thrive in a. Things that gains from disorder december 11, 2012 nassim taleb, author of fooled by randomness and the black swan, talked about his. If the idea is nice and neat, however, the book that houses it is just the opposite. Taleb introduces his concept of antifragility, which explains that certain things including us benefit from a degree of randomness, chaos, and disorder.

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 things that gain from disorder nassim nicholas. Hidden asymmetries in daily life furthers the idea, asserting it is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency. In this book, which is highly recommended for the volatile times we are experiencing in nearly all areas of our existence, taleb advocates making our lives both public and private antifragile. 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.

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. New book skin in the game, hidden asymmetries in daily life. 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. Talebs two previous books fooled by randomness and the black swan. Let me start by saying that i loved the new book by nassim nicholas taleb, however there was one point i believe taleb fell for the survivorship bias he warned us about in fooled by randomness antifragile. What taleb has identified and calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. Full version nassim nicholas taleb explains antifragile. Nassim taleb did a great job writing this book, covering a multitude of topics and even including some humor. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb date read. But if you are going to read it then you must commit to reading it at least two or three times to let it. Antifragility is about loving randomness, uncertainty, opacity, adventure and disorder, and benefitting from a variety of shocks.