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Black swan author nassim nicholas taleb divides the world into three exwall street derivatives trader turned author and academic talks about living antifragile in a fragile world by jana. Antifragile should be a mandatory read for all policy makers and investment bankers. 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. May 23, 2018 though what nassim nicholas taleb was really after was a discussion with bryan read that here, the philosopher, mathematician, and author most recently of skin in the game also generously agreed. Nassim taleb is annoying, but antifragile is still worth reading. 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. Nassim taleb and 4 ideas for an antifragile organization.
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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. 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. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb notes the wind energizes the fire and extinguishes the candle. How to live in a world we dont understand by nassim. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the independent. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Things that gain from disorder audible audio edition. This is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. The opposite of fragility is not robustness, because robustness only indicates the ability to withstand uncertainty. Things that gain from disorder taleb, nassim nicholas isbn. A relatively quick reference point for the key concepts that he elaborates in the book. Nov 29, 2012 larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles. Larry prusak is an independent consultant who has coauthored 12 books and many articles.
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