Nassim Nicholas Taleb
While most systems try to resist chaos, truly enduring things actually require volatility to survive. Discover how to build a life, portfolio, and mindset that gets stronger when exposed to shock and disorder.
The world is divided into the fragile which breaks under stress, the robust which endures it, and the antifragile which requires volatility to grow.
Growth and improvement are most reliably achieved through subtraction, meaning you should focus on eliminating bad habits, toxic elements, and downside risks rather than adding new solutions.
You can thrive without predicting the future by pursuing convex opportunities that carry a known, strictly limited downside alongside an open-ended, massive potential upside.