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Antifragility Quotes

“Whether personal or organizational, building capacity to effectively deal with change creates resilience, and without exceptional resilience there is no antifragility.”

“The objective is not to get the future right. Rather, our work spurs better preparation for any of the futures which may arise.”

“This need for humans to enhance their capabilities to become AAA is relevant in the context of machines learning faster, with increasingly higher-level human functions.”

“I am terrified that I am going to raise glass children in a world of hammers. I see the way kids are raised today. Insulated from failure. Protected from pain. Given trophies just for breathing. It is the most dangerous thing you can do to a human being.”

“If we are to remain relevant, we must create innovative social and economic ecosystems that become stronger under stress and through shocks.”

“Winston Churchill once said to his fellow countrymen, “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.” Today, thanks to a malign combination of litigation, regulation, and pedagogical fashion, sugar-candy people are everywhere.”

“If we are to remain relevant, we need to build antifragile foundations to prepare for disruption and benefit from any disorder. We must create innovative, fluid, and adventurous mindsets as well as social and economic networked ecosystems that strengthen from stress, random events, and shocks.”

“If we are to remain relevant and not delegate our strategic decision-making to machines, we must create innovative social and economic ecosystems that become stronger under stress and through shocks.”