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There seems to be a trend to invent new words for an old concept when writing articles. I don't know if the intention is to attract eye balls or to claim that "
by maxwin 14y ago
There seems to be a trend to invent new words for an old concept when writing articles. I don't know if the intention is to attract eye balls or to claim that "hey I invent this concept". But most of the times, what you discover is not new. Why invent "The concept of antifragility" when there is a word called "resilience" . Since English is not my first language, please correct me if I am wrong.
- pdog 14y agoThe antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile benefits from shocks and gets better.
- gagabity 14y agoThis is quite thoroughly explained in the book, the anti-fragile benefits from adversity, the resilient does not.
- nacker 14y agoNothing new under the sun, kids. Hormesis. Look it up. http://gettingstronger.org/stoicism/ http://gettingstronger.org/stoicism/
- sp332 14y agoIn general I agree with you. But in this case the point of the term is to highlight the contrast against the "fragile".
- SatvikBeri 14y agoThe whole point of the word is that "resilience" has different associations. Resilience is typically associated with the ability to withstand damage, whereas antifragility is the ability to recover from damage.
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