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Fragility

Stop Preparing For The Last Disaster

When something goes wrong, we often strive to be better prepared if the same thing happens again. But the same disasters tend not to happen twice in a row. A more effective approach is simply to …

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Albert Bandura on Acquiring Self-Efficacy and Personal Agency

Psychologist Albert Bandura is famous for his social learning theory which is really more of a model than a theory. He stresses the importance of observational learning. Who you spend time with …

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10 Principles to Live an Antifragile Life

It’s one thing to live and another to live your life in a way that is antifragile. What is Antifragility Author Nassim Taleb says defines the term antifragile this way: Some things benefit from …

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Breakpoint: When Bigger is Not Better

Jeff Stibel’s book Breakpoint: Why the Web will Implode, Search will be Obsolete, and Everything Else you Need to Know about Technology is in Your Brain is an interesting read. The book is about …

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Nassim Taleb and the Seven Rules of Anti-Fragility

Nassim Taleb writing in an edge.org piece. Something central, very central, is missing in historical accounts of scientific and technological discovery. The discourse and controversies focus on the …

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Five Rules to help you Learn to Love Volatility

Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder is having a profound impact on how I see the world. In this adapted piece from Antifragile, which appeared in the Wall Street …

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