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I’m about 3/4 the way through Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ after having already read ‘The Black Swan’ coincidentally only a few months before Covid hit. Must read material for understanding the world we are living in / entering right now in my opinion.

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I read both of them twice. I found the concept in the Black Swan more distilled and polished. I started with the Black Swan for the 3th last week. I still come to new insights because what Taleb writes cuts also today straight through reality. Its like an extra set of razors, a timeless tool.

Agreed - Antifragile wasn't as organized or edited well. I've read all of his Incerto series, and I prefer his older books Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.

Thirded. Black Swan and Fooled cover a lot of material. I don't think there were any huge additions in thought or context in Bed of Procrustes, though there some clever aphorisms.

I really liked Antifragile. Reviewed it on Amazon here:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1GJ1RXSS8ZXME/

and it made me think of how it applies to software development:

https://henrikwarne.com/2014/06/08/antifragility-and-softwar...

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