Antifragile: Things That Gain from disorder
The main argument of the book is that stress, volatility, and disorder are not always harmful. In fact, some systems benefit from them. Taleb calls such systems antifragile. Most people understand the idea of something being fragile: it breaks under stress. Something robust can resist stress but does not improve because of it. Antifragile systems are different. They get stronger when exposed to shocks, randomness, and uncertainty. According to Taleb, financial systems, political systems, the human body, and parts of the economy behave this way.
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