{"product_id":"antifragile-things-that-gain-from-disorder-9781400067824","title":"Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntifragile \u003c\/i\u003eis a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are \u003ci\u003eFooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bed of Procrustes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls \"antifragile\" is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan, \u003c\/i\u003eTaleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In \u003ci\u003eAntifragile, \u003c\/i\u003e Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Furthermore, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, and why is what we call \"efficient\" not efficient at all? Why do government responses and social policies protect the strong and hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before even starting on the job? How did the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e save lives? The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine. And throughout, in addition to the street wisdom of Fat Tony of Brooklyn, the voices and recipes of ancient wisdom, from Roman, Greek, Semitic, and medieval sources, are loud and clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntifragile\u003c\/i\u003e is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, Taleb's message is revolutionary: The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAntifragile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ambitious and thought-provoking . . . highly entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A bold book explaining how and why we should embrace uncertainty, randomness, and error . . . It may just change our lives.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400067824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2013 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nassim Nicholas Taleb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649410396316,"sku":"9781400067824","price":28.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2fd6d4d6-8a96-48be-b868-90d29c70fb5f.jpg?v=1603872684","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/antifragile-things-that-gain-from-disorder-9781400067824","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}