Antifragility Versus Fragility
Should you be fragile, robust, or antifragile in life? Antifragility means that disorder, stress, and volatility strengthen you rather than break you.
Nassim Taleb
Lebanese-American philosopher and economist famous for the Black Swan theory about unpredictable high-impact events.
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