"Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder"
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-12-03/antifragile-things-gain-disorder
From the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to the 2008 financial collapse, many of the most consequential events in recent history caught government and investors off guard. In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb provided a highly influential framework for explaining, and adapting to, these unpredictable shocks to political and financial systems, with his book "The Black Swan." His latest work, "Antifragile," expands on his theory of the unknown to explain how we can succeed and thrive in a world ruled by disorder.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
author, "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder" and "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"; Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, New York University's Polytechnic Institute
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"Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Copyright 2012 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Reprinted here by permission of Random House (US) & Penguin. All rights reserved.
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