Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - a podcast by You Exec

Have you seen great ideas or apparently-solid organizations fail because of
some random event or unexpected shock? Does your organization spend
significant resources on trying to avoid volatility or uncertainty? What if
shocks, volatility, and uncertainty were actually what your ideas or
organization need in order to really take off? This summary shows how the
key to thriving is not avoiding stress but embracing the concept of
“antifragility.” The antifragile is the opposite of fragile; it is
something that loves randomness and uncertainty and is strengthened by a
shock. Antifragility is inherent in all the natural and complex systems
that survived over time. Our modern civilization is intent on damping down
volatility and randomness and avoiding stressors; but once we grasp the
importance of antifragility, we realize that our modern approach actually
causes harm. Suppressing volatility and randomness in our economy, our
health, our education, or our political life makes those systems more
fragile. Without stressors, complex systems become weak and even die

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