> Democracy, if we let it function, is antifragile. There is a new meme where people say "X is antifragile" where X is something they like, while having no ide

> Democracy, if we let it function, is antifragile. There is a new meme where people say "X is antifragile" where X is something they like, while having no idea what antifragile actually means. Taleb himself called large entities, typically considered the most democratic of all, like the EU or USA fragile. He advocates for "city-states" instead of "nation-states": > The most stable country in the history of mankind, and probably the most boring, by the way, is Switzerland. It’s not even a city-state environment; it’s a municipal state. Most decisions are made at the local level, which allows for distributed errors that don’t adversely affect the wider system. Meanwhile, people want a united Europe, more alignment, and look at the problems. The solution is right in the middle of Europe — Switzerland. It’s not united! It doesn’t have a Brussels! It doesn’t need one. > We need smaller, more decentralized government. On paper, it might appear much more efficient to be large — to have economies of scale. But in reality, it’s much more efficient to be small. > The European Union is a horrible, stupid project https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/10/08/epiphanies-from-nassim-nicholas-taleb/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/10/08/epiphanies-from-nassim-...