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Antifragile
6 memorable lines from Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, each with the idea behind it.
“The fragile breaks from volatility. The antifragile gains from it.”
“The opposite of fragile is not robust; the robust resists shocks and stays the same.”
“A barbell beats a fragile middle: keep one side safe and the other exposed to asymmetric upside.”
“Optionality is intelligence without prediction: you do not need to know the future when your downside is capped.”
“Small stressors train systems; oversized stressors destroy them. Dose is the difference.”
“Via negativa is often the cleanest improvement: remove what harms before adding what promises to help.”