Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

2012 • 16h

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Average rating3.9

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“I want to live happily in a world I don't understand.”

It's been quite a long time since a book changed or challenged so much of the things I believed in, and this is exactly what Antifragile has done on an unbelievable amount of levels (politics, health, work, ethics, ...). With the aforementioned quote that immediately hooked me, this book makes you think on a lot of levels about how you see the world. All along, Nassim Nicholas Taleb writing is exquisite, it's really rare for such profound subjects to be treated in such a blunt, honest and straight-to-the-point way (even with some snarky comments that made me laugh out loud while reading). The book attacks a lot of things that build our society with a wonderful sense of wisdom and clarity. Armed with a bullshit detector, Nassim N. Taleb attacks everything : the way we envision society, technology, youth, medicine, drugs, business, finances, ... It's really hard to express how much this book encompass, but what is sure is that reading it will change your mind forever.

January 10, 2017