In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, nassim taleb. The comfortable but potentially devastating lies we are told by others, and ourselves. 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. Things that gain from disorder, the bestselling book by the statistician and former. Nassim nicholas taleb is a former trader, philosopher and student of probabilities. Jan 16, 2019 the black swan is nassim nicholas taleb treaty on probabilities, risks and humans psychological biases. 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. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb part i. The author says that the increased complexity of our society also makes our society more fragile. My 3 takeaways from nassim talebs antifragile catalign. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets. Taleb has a disdain for all modern medicine, and a whole section of the book explains the wrongheadedness of.
Apr 20, 2018 nassim nicholas taleb emerged on the intellectual scene of the 21 st century as a sort of a black swan event. I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10 years time. Things that gain from disorder incerto 9780812979688. I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. Fortunately, this year, with skin in the game, we found out that he had more things to. At the conference, taleb examined how small doses of volatility can help systems handle larger disruptors in the future. A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes. In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from the black swan, the bestselling book by the statistician and former trader, nassim taleb. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times.
I find the question important and its exploration useful in my work on improving innovation effectiveness. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. Antifragile has references to stoicism scattered throughout but chapter 10, which is entitled senecas upside and downside, is largely dedicated to talebs interpretation of stoicism. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. Fooled by randomness pdf summary nassim nicholas taleb. In 2012, nassim taleb seemingly ended his incerto series of books with a book titled antifragile. The triad fragile, robust, antifragile this is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. Chapter eight giacomo casanovas unfailing luckin chapter eight, taleb. The following post is a summary of nassim nicholas talebs the technical incerto collection. A fragile person is one who thinks he can predict the futureand when things go very sour, he is sorely hurt, usually in a.
Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and. Chapter 3 a nontechnical overview the darwin college lecture. When we can build antifragile systems which can thrive in uncertainty. What follows is a full executive summary of antifragile. Mejores libros, ebooks o novelas del escritor nassim nicholas taleb con su. Hidden asymmetries in daily life could not be limited to analyzing the text of the 250odd pages of the book. Apr 11, 2019 in this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from the black swan, the bestselling book by the statistician and former trader, nassim taleb. And, as well, a selfhelp book on how to avoid common mental pitfalls and becoming better, more rational thinkers.
Antifragile is not strong or robust, its the opposite of fragile, which means that the more you attack it, the stronger it gets. Chapter 3 begins with an introduction to thin tailed distributions and thick tailed distributions. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto series. Skin in the game time to explain ergodicity, ruin and again rationality. Taleb further talks about how to live in an uncertain world in the book. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. He also adds note that this is not making any standalone empirical point, rather gluing various. Jan 28, 2014 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. Things that gain from disorder, which built off his previous works and applies the lessons learned to today s biggest challenges. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes.
The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier. 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. I just merely scratched the surface with my three lessons. Things that gain from disorder was my first interaction with his writing style. 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. Taleb opens his chapter on seneca by stating that a couple of. Dec 03, 2012 antifragile, a more philosophical work than talebs earlier books, shares much with the marxist philosophers alain badiou and slavoj zizek. This book builds upon ideas from his previous works including fooled by randomness 2001, the. 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. In the black swan, taleb shares contrarian wisdom that. In this video i will present my top 5 takeaways from antifragile. Nassim taleb looks at the impact and human psychology of extreme events. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except. In this chapter we use the notion of fragility as a central driver of prediction.
Antifragile, a more philosophical work than talebs earlier books, shares much with the marxist philosophers alain badiou and slavoj zizek. 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. Books by nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan. 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. Nassim nicholas talebs treasure chest of a book and new york times bestseller, the black swan, explores the nature of unpredictable events of huge consequence it sheds light on. If they come out confusing, its my fault read the book. Antifragile should be a mandatory read for all policy makers and investment bankers. Antifragile is a book that is difficult to summarize.
The impact of the highly improbable is a 2007 book by author and former options trader nassim nicholas taleb. Dec 17, 2012 antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. All systems can be categorized as one of these three. He is one of my favorite authors and he has also published skin in the game, the black swan, fooled by randomness. Recall from the previous chapter that to do science and other nice things. The central theme of the book is antifragility, which taleb defines in the prologue. Broadly, it shows that humans tend to create environments where extreme events are more likely and then underestimate their probability.
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 basic thesis is that people and institutions are either fragile, robust, or 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 taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things that gain from disorder people, policies and institutions designed to thrive on. Being accommodating towards anyone committing a nefarious action condones it. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, taleb s message is revolutionary. Antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. This is an audiobook summary of antifragile by nassim nicholas taleb this is not the original audiobook. Nassim taleb tackled this very question in his latest book, antifragile. On facebook, nassim says that this is basically, a more technical. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, and the. Taleb s basic thesis is that people and institutions are either fragile, robust, or antifragile.
Simply put we take a book, read it, study it, find the best book bits, the golden nuggets and present them in this presentation. Things that gain from disorder incerto antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty. This results in everything from world wars to major market meltdowns. Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on. Nassim taleb on the antifragile portfolio and the benefits. Antifragile expands the 10 page chapter into a 500 page book. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. 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. Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. Hidden asymmetries in daily life could not be limited to analyzing the text of the 250odd pages of the book that released.
May 12, 20 the triad fragile, robust, antifragile this is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. Things that gain from disorder, which built off his previous works and applies the lessons learned to todays biggest challenges. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. And now im once again dealing with another great book fooled by randomness. Apr 11, 2020 nassim nicholas talebs treasure chest of a book and new york times bestseller, the black swan, explores the nature of unpredictable events of huge consequence. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. Nassim will present his first medical paper on antifragility on monday, november 28 at the university of pennsylvania school of medicine. So although the book has a table of contents, chapter summaries and map, a summary of the book is difficult to discern as the content headers. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. Summary of antifragile by nassim taleb storyshots free. 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. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity. Antifragile by nassim taleb book notes taylor pearson. Nassim taleb the black swan book synopsis w quotes.
Broadly, it shows that humans tend to create environments where extreme events are more likely and. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by randomness. I am pretty sure people will still be reading taleb s two previous books in 10 years time. Antifragile features a fictional italianamerican character called fat tony. On facebook, nassim says that this is basically, a more technical version of the book antifragile. A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. Antifragile systems are those which he advocates we move towards.