ClaimsNassim Taleb

“A coffee cup is fragile because it wants tranquility and a low volatility environment, the antifragile wants the opposite: high volatility increases its welfare.”

Nassim Taleb 12 December 2012 Understanding Is a Poor Substitute for Convexity (Antifragility) (Edge.org) archived copy

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A coffee cup is fragile because it wants tranquility and a low volatility environment, the antifragile wants the opposite: high volatility…

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Nassim Taleb, “A coffee cup is fragile because it wants tranquility and a low volatility environment, the antifragile wants the opposite: high volatility…” (said 12 December 2012). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_b4a1ccbce36d, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b4a1ccbce36d

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