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Antifragile

Things That Gain From Disorder
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Dec 06, 2023klimekk rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
In my opinion definitely the worse one from Nasim Taleb's books
Jun 29, 2022Fryweed rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Good book in the series
Mar 29, 2022mesh138 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If you go to work every day and wonder why those around you cry and play victim, but you keep thinking, "Why am I not like them? Who don't I coddle my kids? Why don't I try to live the safest way possible without taking any risks?" If…
May 06, 2021stewstealth rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An excellent look at the downside of over planning by government, asymmetrical risk by large businesses and poor science based on statistical fallacies. The book is a bit self indulgent by the author and could have been done in a tighter…
Feb 22, 2021danielestes rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Let me start by saying that I wholeheartedly agree with the concept and practice of antifragility. I think it's too important of an idea to allow it to be dismissed in our modern era of globalization and interconnectedness. Today's world…
Jan 14, 2021kaskitagawa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
WARNING: If you do not like the irreverence of post-structural literary work, avoid at all costs!! I started reading the introduction, the instructions on *how* to read this, agreed to the terms and enjoyed this far-ranging work. No, this…
Nov 08, 2019Ray_Ho rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Third book from his series. Fooled by Randomness, Blackswan, and the last trilogy to his series of Fragilistas, Antifragility in application to everything else. Interesting work.
May 24, 2019ReaderRy rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Meh... giving it a couple stars because it does contain an insightful concept (a concept which you can probably glean from the title). The author could have saved your time and paper and written this in a pamphlet. Theres a lot of mud to…
Apr 04, 2019VaughanPLDavidB rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I was intrigued by the concept of "antifragility", but I barely got started with this book. The first thirty pages were filled with the author's sneering contempt, displaying a deep hatred of and bitterness toward the academic community,…
Jan 30, 2018benjaminmower rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If you want to feel better about the (calculated) risks you take in life read this book. It can be quite technical at times but there is usually a disclaimer and sometimes an encouragement to skip over these technical sections. The…
Nov 24, 2016wyenotgo rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The various reviews that have been posted reveal a fascinating breadth of separation; readers either embrace Taleb's argument wholeheartedly as breakthrough thinking and brilliant insight -- or they condemn the entire book as outrageously…
Jun 22, 2016StarGladiator rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I especially enjoyed the commenter below, libraries_are_fun. Taleb provides a cognitive feast for the mind, an exhausting read, but well worth the effort. I recall with great mirth that in 2008, on the Koch brothers' financed show, The…
Apr 08, 2015libraries_are_fun rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
5 Stars for a book that is full of petty insults, leaps of logic, and an unpleasant and arrogant author who dishes out self-serving comments? Yup. This book has made me so happy. I did not understand how everyone around me could be so…
Oct 28, 2014kimbol rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I'm pretty sure there's a brilliant book hiding in here. But I'm unwilling to wade through the asides and 'cleverness' to mentally edit this down to what it could be. So much for immortal fame!
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Jun 06, 2014AnarchyintheLC rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The central idea of this book is very interesting, but it was almost unreadable because of Taleb's constant sniping at academics and other professionals (often in very petty ways, such as describing someone as "pear-shaped" in the middle…
Jan 08, 2014bette108 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
An most interesting read, especially if I could have understood all of it. I found it a bit of "heavy go" to read, but also fascinating. Just the same, I think Taleb could have got his point across in 25% less pages.
Feb 10, 2013delfon rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
See "Foucaults Pendalum", Umberto Eco writes much the same....detailed honing in on mundane topical ideas. Uncertainty is the game, education is not good, and its good, big companies are good, and are not good, these seems the pattern …
Dec 16, 2012
"The Vancouver Sun" of December 15, 2012 included "Antifragile" in its list of 'intriguing reads from the world of business'. "Taleb seemed almost prescient with his 2007 [book] 'The Black Swan' about how economies are more likely to be…