Book · 2012 · Business & Economics
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
Why people recommend it
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical and economic exploration of systems that not only gain from disorder, stress, and volatility but actually require turbulence to improve and grow. Leila Hormozi recommended the book on Build with Leila Hormozi, calling it one of the best books she ever read and explaining that truly great leaders must transcend mere resilience to become antifragile in the face of adversity. Michael Shellenberger similarly brought up Taleb's work on The Joe Rogan Experience to illustrate the necessity of leaning directly into hardship and systemic shocks. David Perell discussed the book on How I Write as a prime example of a successful backlist title whose metadata can be strategically optimized around major global events. Nat Eliason dedicated an episode of Modern Wisdom to reviewing the book, noting that it was chosen because both he and his co-host genuinely loved its core thesis. Additionally, Matt Brown mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience that he was actively reading the book and highly praising its insightful concepts.
Who recommended it
- David Perell Discussed
- Leila Hormozi Recommended
- Michael Shellenberger Recommended
- Nat Eliason Discussed
- Matt Brown Discussed
David Perell — 1 mention
“Yeah, I'm thinking like if you have a book like Antifragile by Nassim Taleb or The Black Swan.”
Leila Hormozi — 1 mention
“and I think it was one of the best books I ever read was about anti fragility the best leaders are not just resilient they are antifragile”
Michael Shellenberger — 1 mention
“you know Nim TB does a good job with this with his book um anti fragile yeah antifragile”
Nat Eliason — 1 mention
“and we said or we thought it might be fun to do a second episode on a book that we both really liked Angie fragile by Nassim Taleb”
Matt Brown — 1 mention
“I'm reading a badass book right now and what is it anti fragile what is that I'm trying to remember the name of the author”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Dune
- Endurance
- Gödel, Escher, Bach
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Infinite jest
- Irreversible Damage
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I've got a lot of like the popular ones in there including laws of human nature of course and yes auntie Fraggle and all the ones on on made you think”