Paperback. Pub Date :2013-01-01 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: Random House Nassim Nicholas Taleb. the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time. reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension. and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them. many things in life benefit from stress. disorder. volatility. and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls antifragile is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish.In The Black Swan. Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In Antifragile. Taleb stands uncertainty on its head . making it desirable. even necessary. and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner The an...