See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. In this book, taleb discusses strategies and principles that will allow us to be helped by unforeseen events rather than harmed by them. His books fooled by randomness and the black swan have been published in thirtythree languages. Any cohesive system of cooperators or processes composed of smaller participating actors, from the human body to the stock market, can be fragile, robust, or.
Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. 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. The book reveals how some systems actually benefit from chaos, volatility, and disorder and explains how to adapt and thrive in this uncertain world. Proinefficinecy created devices for in and around the house and presentation devices for products of third party designersartists. Audiobooks matching keywords antifragile by nassim taleb. Things that gain from disorder is a 2012 book by nassim nicholas taleb. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and. I promise you wont look at academics, doctors, managers, uber drivers and many others the same way. Great introduction to taleb s take on uncertainty, which he discusses in detail in his other books that make up the incerto series. Antifragile is the fourth book in former options trader nassim nicholas talebs five book incerto series, which explores randomness and its unpredictable effects. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, taleb s message is revolutionary. Taleb s basic thesis is that people and institutions are either. Not readily reducible to a definition taleb takes the whole book to develop the idea, suffice to say here that antifragiles 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.
A reader could easily run out of adjectives to describe nassim nicholas talebs new book antifragile. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Antifragile, fooled by randomness, and the black swan. 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. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. T be fooled june 24, 2017 by james m taleb offers us life saving insights about being gullible and too trusting in misleading ideas and charlatans.
Taleb believes that prizes, honorary degrees, awards, and. In that way, it as rich on page 400 as it is on page 2. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the black. Philosophical and practical aphorisms by nassim nicholas taleb date read. How to build mental toughness antifragile by nassim taleb.
Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. Support the channel by getting antifragile by nassim taleb here. A forum for highquality discussion of the ideas outlined in nassim taleb s book antifragile. Antifragile is one of the most thoughtprovoking books of recent times and brutally challenges conventional wisdom, our biases, and our view of the world. 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 2012 by nassim nicholas taleb, introduces and explains hormesis, or the way that some systems benefit from the chaos and stress that normally would destroy fragile things. 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. A forum for highquality discussion of the ideas outlined in nassim talebs book antifragile. The book provides you with new lenses to view the world. Books antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb eleni panagiotarakou benefits from nassim nicholas talebs attack on the follies of overcautiousness antifragile.
In the black swan taleb outlined a problem, and in antifragile he offers a definitive solution. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times. Taleb has a very nontraditional style of writingoften conversational, historical, philosophical, and scientificall at the same time. Nassim nicholas taleb divides the world and all thats in it people, things. 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.
I had previously read nassim taleb s the black swan. Review of antifragile by nassim taleb roosh valizadeh. Things that gain from disorder 2012, alongside fooled by randomness. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk. If you are struggling, consider an online therapy session with our partner betterhelp. Nassim talebs antifragile celebrates randomness in. 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. In 2012 nassim nicholas taleb came with his book antifragile. Taleb is an independent thinker who is almost impossible to categorize. The impact of the highly improbable 2007 completes nassim nicholas talebs. How to live in a world we dont understand by nassim. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets 2005 and the black swan.
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