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What it means to be Antifragile?
Antifragility is a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures.
How do you increase optionality?
To increase your optionality, apply the same to your life. “Accumulate optionality through differentiation, not conformity,” recommends Torenberg.
Should I read Antifragile?
Yes. It’s one of the most important books written in a very long time, and still widely ignored or misunderstood. I’m going to read it for a second time this year, and so, if you haven’t yet read it for a first, I highly recommend you do.
What is the first step to antifragility?
According to Taleb, “the first step towards antifragility consists in first decreasing downside.” We do that through practicing via negativa — a phrase borrowed from theology. Instead of focusing your time on adding things to your life to make it better, focus first on subtracting habits, practices, things, people that fragilize you.
Do Antifragile Things thrive in randomness?
For the antifragile, thriving in randomness is the goal, which often requires being “inefficient” through layering redundancies. Unlike fragile systems/organizations/people, antifragile things don’t make efficiency the primary goal. “Redundancy is ambiguous because it seems like a waste if nothing unusual happens.
What does it mean to be “Antifragile?
“When we are able to learn, develop, and improve through disruption, challenge, and change, we become what’s called ‘AntiFragile,’” explained Dr. Paige Williams, when we interviewed her recently. “This means that we experience more upside than downside from uncertain and volatile environments.”
What does Taleb mean by antifragility?
In his book, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb used the word “antifragile” to describe the condition of things that do not merely survive, but grow stronger, in response to low-order volatility. Taleb takes the concept of antifragility far beyond applying it to any single field.