Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Наш Формат
Number of Pages: 392
Cover: Hardcover
Reader Age: adults
Year of Publication: 2022
Our life is impossible without chaos, variability, and stress, which constantly press on us. In conditions of uncertainty, we strive for stability, but it is precisely stability that becomes an obstacle on the path to development. Surprisingly, thanks to uncertainty and the influence of change, people, things, and entire systems can evolve and become better. Nassim Taleb calls this trait antifragility and outlines simple rules that help turn unpredictability and uncertainty into a source of self-improvement. Moreover, this quality benefits not only individuals, but also companies and even countries, and the range of issues the book helps to clarify is extremely broad — from the method of errors, risk assessment to politics, education, and medicine.
The book is worth reading for everyone interested in probability theory, mathematics, philosophy, systems analysis, and literature.
Antifragile is a detailed survival manual in a world ruled by Black Swans.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American philosopher, mathematician, scholar. He worked in executive positions at brokerage firms in London and New York. A former stock analyst, founder of the hedge fund Empirica Capital LLC. He taught at several universities, including New York and Oxford. A prominent literary figure, writer, known worldwide as the discoverer of the Black Swan phenomenon.
