General Information

Title:                  Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Author:                 Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Read By:                Joe Ochman
Copyright:              2012
Audiobook Copyright:    2012
Genre:                  Audiobook
Publisher:              Random House Audio
Duration:               16 hours, 14 minutes, 40 seconds
Chapters:               34

Media Information

Source Format:          Audible AAX
Source Sample Rate:     22050 Hz
Source Channels:        2
Source Bitrate:         63 kbits

Lossless Encode:        Yes
Encoded Codec:          AAC / M4B
Encoded Sample Rate:    22050 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        63 kbits

Ripper:                 inAudible 1.97

Book Description

In The Black Swan Taleb outlined a problem, and in Antifragile he offers a definitive solution: how to gain from disorder and chaos while being protected from fragilities and adverse events. For what Taleb calls the "antifragile" is actually beyond the robust, because it benefits from shocks, uncertainty, and stressors, just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension. The antifragile needs disorder in order to survive and flourish. Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner.