charles_fried 's review for:

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.0

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Taleb reminds me of my father, another skeptic. Both suspicious of conventional wisdom and accepted explanations. While there are some good ideas in this book, it is not an easy book to read. The author tends to repeat himself, and he can come off as a bit pompous (not that his targets do not deserve his scorn) and that can be off-putting. However, like his "Black Swan" book it was worth the effort.