Antifragile[反脆弱性：无序的收获]

NassimNicholasTaleb,thebestsellingauthorofTheBlackSwanandoneoftheforemostthinkersofourtime,revealshowtothriveinanuncertainworld.Justashumanbonesgetstrongerwhensubjectedtostressandtension,andrumorsorriotsintensifywhensomeonetriestorepressthem,manythingsinlifebenefitfromstress,disorder,volatility,andturmoil.WhatTalebhasidentifiedandcalls“antifragile”isthatcategoryofthingsthatnotonlygainfromchaosbutneeditinordertosurviveandflourish.InTheBlackSwan,Talebshowedusthathighlyimprobableandunpredictableeventsunderliealmosteverythingaboutourworld.InAntifragile,Talebstandsuncertaintyonitshead,makingitdesirable,evennecessary,andproposesthatthingsbebuiltinanantifragilemanner.Theantifragileisbeyondtheresilientorrobust.Theresilientresistsshocksandstaysthesame;theantifragilegetsbetterandbetter.Furthermore,theantifragileisimmunetopredictionerrorsandprotectedfromadverseevents.Whyisthecity-statebetterthanthenation-state,whyisdebtbadforyou,andwhyiswhatwecall“efficient”notefficientatall?Whydogovernmentresponsesandsocialpoliciesprotectthestrongandhurttheweak?Whyshouldyouwriteyourresignationletterbeforeevenstartingonthejob?HowdidthesinkingoftheTitanicsavelives?Thebookspansinnovationbytrialanderror,lifedecisions,politics,urbanplanning,war,personalfinance,economicsystems,andmedicine.Andthroughout,inadditiontothestreetwisdomofFatTonyofBrooklyn,thevoicesandrecipesofancientwisdom,fromRoman,Greek,Semitic,andmedievalsources,areloudandclear.AntifragileisablueprintforlivinginaBlackSwanworld.Erudite,witty,andiconoclastic,Taleb’smessageisrevolutionary:Theantifragile,andonlytheantifragile,willmakeit.