Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim talebs rules. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Nassim taleb, in his exasperating but compelling book antifragile, praises things that gain from disorder people, policies and institutions designed to thrive on volatility, instead of shattering in the encounter with it oliver burkman, guardian more than just robust or flexible, it actively thrives on disruption julian baggini, guardian. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto. I am pretty sure people will still be reading talebs two previous books in 10. In 2012, nassim taleb seemingly ended his incerto series of books with a book titled antifragile. I am often asked by journalists for a list of my favorite books i dont know what favorite means for a journalist. Unlike many books of this genre, which spend 200 pages padding a 5 page idea, antifragile is a fractal of a book, taking its central ideas and examining and applying them in myriad ways.
Things that gain from disorder incerto paperback january 28, 2014. I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. Nassim taleb is the original, idiosyncratic mind behind fooled by randomness, the black swan, and antifragile, a bestselling series of books on the nature of complexity, randomness, and a world where rare events dominate the landscape. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Antifragile is enjoyable but the idea is not that novel. The problem with antifragile is that it is a deeply antisocial book. Antifragile by nassim taleb march 12, 2016 march 12, 2016 kirtika 4 comments antifragile a term used to mean the opposite of fragile, and denote things that gain from disorder, chaos, stressors. Nassim taleb is a trader himself and many of the lessons from this book he learned by trading in highly volatile currency markets. Things that gain from disorder nassim nicholas taleb.
In which order should i read nassim n talebs books, or does it matter. Antifragile is a kind of sequel or logical followon to mr. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, skin. Nassim nicholas talebs antifragile dares us to expect. Talebs note on keeping and rereading literature books. He gets in twitter fights, eats a lot of squid ink pasta, but also has many fans. The impact of the highly improbable 2007, continues in this work, which grapples with a concept taleb coins as antifragile.
From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremos. Antifragile by nassim taleb book notes taylor pearson. Also i got the antifragile and havent started it yet, but plan on doing so. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by randomness. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, talebs message is revolutionary. Not readily reducible to a definition taleb takes the whole book to develop the idea, suffice to say here that antifragile s.
Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. I say that because rather than talk about the whole book im just going to write a bit more informally about my impressions, mainly regarding what he says. Such skepticism toward elites, which imbued talebs the black swan. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. However since once again he was explaining a concept barely even touched upon by writers and thinkers before him, he had first to explain what the name. Nassim nicholas taleb, born in lebanon, started his career as a derivatives trader on wall street. In which order should i read nassim n talebs books, or. All systems can be categorized as one of these three.
This book builds upon ideas from his previous works including fooled by randomness 2001, the black swan 20072010. The impact of the highly improbable, detailed the impossibility of predicting the. I enjoy his writing and, among all his books, think antifragile is the most complete description of his philosophy on life and markets. Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on november 27, 2012, by random house in the united states and penguin in the united kingdom.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Book summary of talebs antifragile movement capital. Antifragile, nassim nicholas talebs followup to his black swan, argues. The incerto, which comprises fooled by randomness, the black swan, the bed of procrustes, and antifragile, is now available on amazon as a box set. Antifragile, a more philosophical work than talebs earlier books, shares much with the marxist philosophers alain badiou and slavoj zizek. In the black swan, talebs second book for laypeople, he gives a full treatment to concepts briefly explored in his first book fooled by randomness. Things that gain from disorder is a book by nassim nicholas taleb published on. Talebs bestselling 2007 book the black swan and his earlier book fooled by. Things that gain from disorder by nassim nicholas taleb. Things that gain from disorder is the fourth book from nassim talebs incerto series, a followup on the black swan wherein taleb introduces and describes the concept of antifragility throughout different domains. This is a book of serious philosophy that reads like a standup comedy routine.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge and has led three careers around this focus, as a businessmantrader, a philosophical essayist, and an academic researcher. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. How to live in a world we dont understand by nassim. The most conspicuous and popular examples he presents are also explicitly mentioned as not the essence of antifragility. I am very grateful to you for writing and publishing these books. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms.
In nassim taleb book antifragile he emphasizes that if you see a fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud, i am thus compelled to note that antifragile is a fraud because its theme is based on intentional misdirection. Im really interested in starting one of nnts books today, just wondering should i start with black swan or fooled by randomness. This is talebs central concept in both antifragile and the black swan. Antifragile is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability. If they come out confusing, its my fault read the book. A relatively quick reference point for the key concepts that he elaborates in the book. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness,the black swan, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto. Antifragile should be a mandatory read for all policy makers and investment bankers. Fortunately, this year, with skin in the game, we found out that he had more things to say on the matter.
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