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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
7.5/10
There are a lot of good ideas that have given me things to think about. I missed a lot because I listened to it too fast, maybe one day I'll listen to it again.
There are a lot of good ideas that have given me things to think about. I missed a lot because I listened to it too fast, maybe one day I'll listen to it again.
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Taleb is a great, man. Gold everywhere.
Thia guy is a fucking genius and this book is so good im giving it 5 starts even if it has a lot of problems. His theory is great and the whole concept of the book is GREAT, amazing, i reccomend this to every enterpreneur or anyone wanting to understand probability and stats in the real world
BUT
He gets bogged down in his personal opinions, one of the parts of the book he talks about Domain Expertise blinding you to other domains, he does this ALL the time, making very big misconceptions about many fields (specially bodybuilding and the gym which is my expertise), which makes him look dumb.
Also he doesnt really explain some of the theories and just throw them at you without explaining the math theory behind it, i think if he spent less time criticizing everyone he doesnt like and throwing personal opinions this could ve been a great of literature
STILL
The guy is so smart (everything he talks about is actually theory driven) and his concepts are so good and can help everyone life to be better and to understand the world in a better way, the Anti Fragile concept is insanely good and very very cool (even if he doesnt understand stoicism and Seneca at all and again do misconceptions)
As a person this guy is angry at everyone and is always creating enemies, but i think he does that to bring more popularity to his books as he himself says in the book more criticism makes book make more money.
His stats and probabilies concepts applied on misconceptions is fucking genius tho. One of the best books i read this year
BUT
He gets bogged down in his personal opinions, one of the parts of the book he talks about Domain Expertise blinding you to other domains, he does this ALL the time, making very big misconceptions about many fields (specially bodybuilding and the gym which is my expertise), which makes him look dumb.
Also he doesnt really explain some of the theories and just throw them at you without explaining the math theory behind it, i think if he spent less time criticizing everyone he doesnt like and throwing personal opinions this could ve been a great of literature
STILL
The guy is so smart (everything he talks about is actually theory driven) and his concepts are so good and can help everyone life to be better and to understand the world in a better way, the Anti Fragile concept is insanely good and very very cool (even if he doesnt understand stoicism and Seneca at all and again do misconceptions)
As a person this guy is angry at everyone and is always creating enemies, but i think he does that to bring more popularity to his books as he himself says in the book more criticism makes book make more money.
His stats and probabilies concepts applied on misconceptions is fucking genius tho. One of the best books i read this year
challenging
informative
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
As an audiobook, it was difficult to always be focused on the book and so I've missed some parts. Most parts I did catch, there are interesting ideas presented and while the author has a rather snug, superior view of his own ideas compared to those of others, his arguments make absolute sense.
After finishing this, if I'd have to continue with another one of his books, I would probably go with "Skin in the game".
After finishing this, if I'd have to continue with another one of his books, I would probably go with "Skin in the game".
My synopsis: here is a brilliant man who is such an arrogant asshole it's hard to get through this. If you can get past the fact that Taleb hates any idea that didn't originate from him, Voltaire, or Seneca then you will enjoy this, because he really is brilliant. But my God is he intolerable.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
It's an incredible book that I have more notes on than I can write about here, it's about such things that gain from things going wrong and not just robust but actively gain from shake ups!
Very thought provoking! I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a bit over-the-top iconoclastic, in terms of attacking the "fragilistas" Friedman and Bernanke. Even though many of the criticisms are well-deserved, this is also a little "over the top" on assaulting academia. Many of the health discussion was very interesting and important. The concept of the triad of fragile-robust-anti-fragile is really important. One minor disagreement -- I don't know that the metric system is "fragile" compared to other measurement systems.
Good read, I'll probably want to revisit this in the future.
Good read, I'll probably want to revisit this in the future.