What happens when you kick a vase down the stairs? Yeah, it shatters. As a result, the vase (and its utility) is ruined. We call this fragile.
For fragile things, negative external stimulus is damaging to the organism or thing or system.
What then is Antifragile?
It’s the kind of vase where you kick it down the stairs and it gets better! That’s a cool trick, right?
Antifragile organisms, things, and systems actually benefit from negative external stimulus. In fact, your body and mind are antifragile! Stressors that we survive lead to positive adaptation.
What happens when you kick a vase down the stairs? Yeah, it shatters. As a result, the vase (and its utility) is ruined. We call this fragile.
For fragile things, negative external stimulus is damaging to the organism or thing or system.
What then is Antifragile?
It’s the kind of vase where you kick it down the stairs and it gets better! That’s a cool trick, right?
Antifragile organisms, things, and systems actually benefit from negative external stimulus. In fact, your body and mind are antifragile! Stressors that we survive lead to positive adaptation.
