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> Taleb is a very intelligent man, but AFAICT he does often reinvent existing concepts with much cooler names. "Antifragile" sounds awesome. "Robust" sounds bor
by jbarham 14y ago
> Taleb is a very intelligent man, but AFAICT he does often reinvent existing concepts with much cooler names. "Antifragile" sounds awesome. "Robust" sounds boring.
Antifragile != robust: "The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better." (http://www.randomhouse.com/book/176227/antifragile-things-that-gain-from-disorder-by-nassim-nicholas-taleb http://www.randomhouse.com/book/176227/antifragile-things-th...)
- jacques_chester 14y agoI don't think this is a meaningful addition. Resilient systems are not static, they evolve; that's how they become resilient in the first place.