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Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wow I wasn't expecting this book to be the way it was. I love the polar reviews that it's getting. I found myself hating and loving parts of it too, similarly to the A-word [a:Tim Ferriss|14901716|Tim Ferriss|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]' book [b:The 4-Hour Workweek|368593|The 4-Hour Workweek|Timothy Ferriss|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442957271s/368593.jpg|1885647] (which I also gave four stars somehow). Nassim is a unique character. A modern day philosopher. He comes across as a very controversial, arrogant jerk and many other curse words but he's also pretty intelligent, passionate and makes really good points. Speaking of curse words I loved that he edited them out in the audio CD. Excellent work, I tip my hat to that. It's tough because I can't label him and place him in a nice little box. When I finally think I know him and got him cornered he escapes again. But I do know his favorite word is heuristic. So at least I got that.
The book could have been a little shorter. He took forever just to explain the title and the antifragile definition. If you want to think about it in apocalyptic terms the people that survive disease pandemics and zombies and [b:The 5th Wave|16101128|The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)|Rick Yancey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359853842s/16101128.jpg|19187812] type nonsense are antifragile. Basically something is antifragile if it stands the test of Time.
Many of his claims are against common beliefs and it's tough to say if he's right or just dead wrong. such as the automation of airplanes are under-challenging pilots and making them too comfortable while they fly, resulting in issues.
What is this stupid Black Swan he keeps talking about? I wanted a simple synopsis of his other book [b:The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable|242472|The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable|Nassim Nicholas Taleb|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386925471s/242472.jpg|2157806] because I didn't read it (And won't until I can find it on audio at the lie bury). And who is Fat Tony? He kept talking about him. The only Fat Tony I know about is sung by Paul Simon in this song. And finally who is Ball? He kept saying for Ball's sake. I didn't understand that. Did he mean Baal? Is that his God? Speaking of God, I'm baffled that this guy is a Christian. That's pretty admirable.
His hatred towards [a:Thomas Friedman|14951546|Thomas Friedman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is amusing. But how was he responsible for starting the Iraq war in 2003? I didn't quite understand that.
His quick rant on George W Bush was retarded though when he said that he didn't serve in the military. Uhhh did you check Clinton and Obama? Those two didn't do jack for military service, Bush actually served. Why didn't you point them out stupid?
Every opinion maker/politician/dumb wall street worker needs to have his skin in the game. Good point.
I would love to know how many Beep Lists this guy is on or how many bullets have his name on them. He must have a ton of enemies but I doubt he cares at all.
I would have liked this more if it was less political and more philosophical.
The book could have been a little shorter. He took forever just to explain the title and the antifragile definition. If you want to think about it in apocalyptic terms the people that survive disease pandemics and zombies and [b:The 5th Wave|16101128|The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)|Rick Yancey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359853842s/16101128.jpg|19187812] type nonsense are antifragile. Basically something is antifragile if it stands the test of Time.
Many of his claims are against common beliefs and it's tough to say if he's right or just dead wrong. such as the automation of airplanes are under-challenging pilots and making them too comfortable while they fly, resulting in issues.
What is this stupid Black Swan he keeps talking about? I wanted a simple synopsis of his other book [b:The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable|242472|The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable|Nassim Nicholas Taleb|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386925471s/242472.jpg|2157806] because I didn't read it (And won't until I can find it on audio at the lie bury). And who is Fat Tony? He kept talking about him. The only Fat Tony I know about is sung by Paul Simon in this song. And finally who is Ball? He kept saying for Ball's sake. I didn't understand that. Did he mean Baal? Is that his God? Speaking of God, I'm baffled that this guy is a Christian. That's pretty admirable.
His hatred towards [a:Thomas Friedman|14951546|Thomas Friedman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is amusing. But how was he responsible for starting the Iraq war in 2003? I didn't quite understand that.
His quick rant on George W Bush was retarded though when he said that he didn't serve in the military. Uhhh did you check Clinton and Obama? Those two didn't do jack for military service, Bush actually served. Why didn't you point them out stupid?
Every opinion maker/politician/dumb wall street worker needs to have his skin in the game. Good point.
I would love to know how many Beep Lists this guy is on or how many bullets have his name on them. He must have a ton of enemies but I doubt he cares at all.
I would have liked this more if it was less political and more philosophical.