Antifragile

About “Antifragile”

This 2012 non-fiction work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, from the author of The Black Swan, introduces the concept of the "antifragile": people, systems, and institutions that not only withstand shocks but benefit from them, like the Greek hydra growing two heads for each one lost. Examples include the body strengthening under stress and evolution itself, with older things tending to be more antifragile than newer ones due to greater exposure to Black Swans.