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The concept of 'antifragility' really seems to be popping up a lot in the media I consume via HN. I can't tell if antifragility is trendy, or really a novel, va
by pizza 11y ago
The concept of 'antifragility' really seems to be popping up a lot in the media I consume via HN. I can't tell if antifragility is trendy, or really a novel, valuable idea of systems analysis that, until recently, hadn't converged upon a single descriptor.. Likely parts of both!
- imacat 11y agoYes it sounds like a fantasy to me. People just love trends and hype cycles too much. As humans, we have an innate need to magnify the importance of certain things while marginalizing or ignoring others completely. It's easier to think in black and white instead of shades of grey.
- mannykannot 11y agoIt strikes me as somewhat faddish. There is no real argument here that it is feasible, and I think the article would have been better without it.
- ThomPete 11y agoI have been "doing" antifragillity long before I read about it in Talebs book. I neither consider it trendy nor novel but simply a way to understand the world and thus how to deal with it.
- pizza 11y agoGreat! Could you share non-Taleb resources for me to peruse? I like his stuff, but I'm sure you'll understand my aversion to monoculture, even with Taleb as the demagogue, haha.
- ThomPete 11y agoI can offer you me :) I really wasn't aware of it until Taleb wrote about it. It just always felt natural to me.