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An Antifragile Thanksgiving

Tomasz Tunguz

Over these past few days, I have been reading the book Antifragile written by Nassim Taleb. In the book, he writes about many provocative things, but the one that sticks out with me this holiday is about innovation, and it harkens back to the original title of this blog that I started to write nearly 7 years ago: ex post facto.

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Act for Impact: A Lookback at EO Unlimited Barcelona 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Verne Harnish reminded us not to use a shield that gets damaged when it takes hits, but instead to design an antifragile shield that gets stronger each time it gets hit. At first, I was a bit skeptical, but I found his message and the radical choices he has made very inspiring.

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An Agenda for the 2020s: Inventing the Knowledge Age

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The suggestions here draw heavily on my book World After Capital. FOSTER DECENTRALIZATION Read : Antifragile by Nassim Taleb ; Bitcoin Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto Do : Buy some bitcoin. Note to self: I should have used IndieBound links for all the books throughout this post. Fund : Open source projects via Open Collective.

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The Disruption Debate is Focused on the Wrong Ideas

Tomasz Tunguz

” In his book Antifragile, Taleb expands this theory to all of human development. The paper book will continue to flourish until the point the ebook takes over. Taleb summarized his view on the theory in an op-ed titled “ The Surprising Truth: Technology is Aging in Reverse ,” published in Wired in 2012.