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Exploring the Practice of Antifragility
In Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) introduces Antifragility.
“Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile.”
Throughout 2015, various conversation panels focused on exploring the practice of Antifragility (that is, Practice Beyond the Rhetoric) --- hosted by Barry Bettman (@barrybettman), Si Alhir (@SAlhir), Russ Miles (@russmiles), and Ross Girardi (@Consciousmgt) --- as well as share experiences and offer perspective on how to apply Antifragility through the following questions:
* How have you interpreted Taleb’s concept of Antifragility?
* How have you translated your interpretation into practice?
* What are the results and impacts of your efforts?
All the recordings are freely available (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...).
More information is also available at the book’s website (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...).
Based on our ongoing exploration, we share a kaleidoscope of perspectives . . .
Please see the book’s website (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...) if you would like to contribute your perspective!
Contributors: Milad Alhir, Nora Alhir, Brad Barton, Chiranjit Basu, Tony Bendell, Lisa Nemeth Cavanagh, Terry Cavanagh, Alma Dakaj, Mark Ferraro, Vincenzo De Florio, Stuart Farrand, Catherine Gould, Tom Graves, Jack Hilty, Daniel Horton, Wouter IJgosse, Don Kim, Henrik Martensson, Todd Nilson, Christine Ogozaly, Faly Ranaivoson, Peter Simon, Elinor Slomba, Gunther Sonnenfeld, Semira Soraya-Kandan, Luc Taesch, and Stelio Verzera
“Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile.”
Throughout 2015, various conversation panels focused on exploring the practice of Antifragility (that is, Practice Beyond the Rhetoric) --- hosted by Barry Bettman (@barrybettman), Si Alhir (@SAlhir), Russ Miles (@russmiles), and Ross Girardi (@Consciousmgt) --- as well as share experiences and offer perspective on how to apply Antifragility through the following questions:
* How have you interpreted Taleb’s concept of Antifragility?
* How have you translated your interpretation into practice?
* What are the results and impacts of your efforts?
All the recordings are freely available (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...).
More information is also available at the book’s website (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...).
Based on our ongoing exploration, we share a kaleidoscope of perspectives . . .
Please see the book’s website (http://exploringthepracticeofantifrag...) if you would like to contribute your perspective!
Contributors: Milad Alhir, Nora Alhir, Brad Barton, Chiranjit Basu, Tony Bendell, Lisa Nemeth Cavanagh, Terry Cavanagh, Alma Dakaj, Mark Ferraro, Vincenzo De Florio, Stuart Farrand, Catherine Gould, Tom Graves, Jack Hilty, Daniel Horton, Wouter IJgosse, Don Kim, Henrik Martensson, Todd Nilson, Christine Ogozaly, Faly Ranaivoson, Peter Simon, Elinor Slomba, Gunther Sonnenfeld, Semira Soraya-Kandan, Luc Taesch, and Stelio Verzera
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 20, 2015
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December 16, 2015
Very disappointing. I was hoping for some practical examples but there's nothing in this book beyond fairly empty platitudes. Stick to NTT's original (which I gave 5 stars).
February 6, 2017
The book is a a summary of discussion between people from various background on Anti-Fragility.
My take away from the book is an understanding of the Anti-Fragility as defined by Nassim Taleb. Nassim defines Fragility as the property of the system to break down when subject to unexpected stress.
Nassim defines Robustness as the property of the system to continue functioning ignoring the unexpected stress.
Nassim defines Anti-Fragility as the property of the system to not only continue functioning when subject to unexpected stress, but also learns from the event and is better prepared so that the next time the event is no longer unexpected.
While the extreme interpretation of the book maybe construed as Artificial Intelligence, it is not necessarily only that. A system which includes human could be considered Anti-Fragile if the humans and system reacts well to unexpected events and the humans is prepare the system to better face the next time the event recurs.
A decent reads. Better if one reads the Anti-Fragility book before reading this to better appreciate what the discussion is all about.
My take away from the book is an understanding of the Anti-Fragility as defined by Nassim Taleb. Nassim defines Fragility as the property of the system to break down when subject to unexpected stress.
Nassim defines Robustness as the property of the system to continue functioning ignoring the unexpected stress.
Nassim defines Anti-Fragility as the property of the system to not only continue functioning when subject to unexpected stress, but also learns from the event and is better prepared so that the next time the event is no longer unexpected.
While the extreme interpretation of the book maybe construed as Artificial Intelligence, it is not necessarily only that. A system which includes human could be considered Anti-Fragile if the humans and system reacts well to unexpected events and the humans is prepare the system to better face the next time the event recurs.
A decent reads. Better if one reads the Anti-Fragility book before reading this to better appreciate what the discussion is all about.
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