antifragility

Questions

What does antifragility mean?

The ability of a system to benefit and grow from a certain class of random events, errors, and volatility.

Where does antifragility come from?

Coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in 2012, from anti- + fragility.

How to pronounce antifragility

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