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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant

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Current reading list. Most into “The Beginning of Infinity” and “What is Life?” at the moment. pic.twitter.com/L1JncsXiIL
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A guide to thriving in uncertainty and chaos.
Ev Williams
Ev Williams

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Few books have made me think more than this one over the last decade.
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss

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Explains how to thrive in uncertainty and chaos.
Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.”
James Altucher
James Altucher

Author of "Choose Yourself" and Podcaster

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For each one of these books: either they made me a better person, or I felt, even as I was reading them, that my IQ was getting better.
Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg

Founder of WordPress and Automattic

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Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen

Co-founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz

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Nassim Taleb introduced the concept of antifragility in his book of the same name.
Andrew Chen
Andrew Chen

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

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Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz

Co-founder of Facebook

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Nassim Taleb introduced the concept of antifragility in his book of the same name.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author of "The Black Swan

Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday

Bestselling Author of The Obstacle Is the Way

David Heinemeier Hansson
David Heinemeier Hansson

Basecamp Co-founder and Ruby on Rails Creator

Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein

Host of The Portal Podcast

Balaji S. Srinivasan
Balaji S. Srinivasan

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