Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” detailed the impossibility of predicting the future, which jerks forward by way of massive changes such as the ...

We all know what “fragile” means. But what is the opposite of fragile? If you are like me, your instinctive response would be “robust” or perhaps “durable.” But you would be wrong. Something that is ...

Everything in the world can be classified into three categories: The Fragile -- which breaks when exposed to stress, chaos, and variability over time. The Robust-- which remains unchanged in the face ...

When the economic future feels more iffy than ever, randomness should not be something to fear but rather, something to exploit. Author-provacateur Nassim Taleb talks with Fast Company about the ...

The opposite of fragility isn’t robustness, but antifragility. Antifragility implies you’ve got more to gain than to lose. Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence. Asking “what’s the next black ...

"Black Swan" (and more recently, "Antifragile") author Nassim Taleb is known for, among other things, his impassioned arguments against his detractors (especially on Twitter and Facebook). Yesterday, ...

Can we exploit the fact that life is unpredictable, chaotic, full of shocks and disasters? Trader-turned-scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb is based at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a former trader and hedge fund manager, a best-selling author, and a groundbreaking theorist on risk and resilience. Taleb drew wide attention after the 2007 publication of ...