TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taleb,Nassim Nicholas
TI  - Antifragile: things that gain from disorder 
SN  - 9781400067824 (hardback: alk. paper)
AV  - Q375 .T348 2012
U1  - 155.2/4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Uncertainty (Information theory)
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Complexity (Philosophy)
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-504) and index; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Examples of Antifragility: When you stress your body by lifting a big weight, your body gets stronger. New York has the best restaurants in the world because particular restaurants are always going bust, making the aggregate stronger and stronger, or antifragile. Evolution is antifragile. Certain business and investment strategies are antifragile. Older things tend to be more antifragile than newer ones - because they've been exposed to more Black Swans"--
ER  -