A review by rainpunk
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

2.5

Pretty disappointed. There are some great philosophical ideas in here and a few practical ones, but the author is gleefully antagonistic, mean-spirited, and self-aggrandizing, making it hard to take him seriously, especially when he only rarely attempts to back up big claims with evidence. Instead he tends to rely more on cherry-picked examples or thought experiments (or just simple fable-like story-telling). It makes it hard to pick out the robust ideas.

I am quite interested in the philosophy of the book, but I'll have to find that philosophy from other voices than Taleb's in the future. I'm sure Taleb would call me a simple idiot for feeling that way, though.