
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
While fragile things break under stress and robust things merely endure it, antifragile things actually grow stronger from chaos. You can design your life to benefit from unpredictable shocks and disorder.
Antifragility goes beyond resilience because it requires stress, volatility, and disorder to improve and grow.
The barbell strategy creates antifragility by mixing extreme caution with extreme risk while avoiding the middle.
Skin in the game is essential because it forces decision makers to bear the negative consequences of their actions.