Anti-Fragility — How to Grow Stronger Through Chaos

Anti-Fragility, introduced by the influential thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb. In short, anti-fragility describes systems that not only withstand shocks and volatility but actually grow stronger and more robust when exposed to stress, chaos, and uncertainty.

You’re probably familiar with the idea of resilience—the ability to withstand pressure and return to a previous state. But anti-fragility takes resilience a step further: anti-fragile systems don’t merely bounce back—they improve. Let’s start by clearly understanding this important distinction.