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How odd that the word "Antifragility" has risen so fast. What's wrong with robust? Is it due to contemporary memes of personal fragility?
by lokimedes 2y ago
How odd that the word "Antifragility" has risen so fast. What's wrong with robust? Is it due to contemporary memes of personal fragility?
- brians 2y agoIt’s trying to highlight a different idea. A robust system can endure damage. An antifragile system grows stronger from damage.
- buggythebug 2y agoTitle of a best seller by a respectable author, Nassim Taleb
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y agoI, along with several other commenters I see, also dislike "antifragility" as a word. However, Taleb in his book does discusses at length why a new word was needed and how its definition differs from existing words like 'robust', 'resilient', etc. which have a different meaning. He even talks even the process of choosing "antifragility" which in a nutshell was just the best he could come up with. Seeing other comments, I think 'hormesis' might be a better word to start using instead of "antifragility" which, again, is a just an awkward word that feels kind of fake when you use it.