Antifragility
Antifragility is a term attributed to Nassim Nicholas Taleb which refers to things that require stressors and challenges in order to learn, adapt, and grow. It contrasts with fragility: things that break easily and cannot heal themselves. However, It is also to be distinguished from “resilience” which only implies that something can withstand repeated stressors, but does not benefit from them. Systems that are antifragile become rigid, weak, and inefficient when nothing challenges them or pushes them to respond vigorously.
References
- Lukianoff, Greg. Haidt, Jonathan. (2019). The Coddling of the American Mind Chapter 1 The Untruth of Fragility What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weaker (Epub p. 35). New York, NY: Penguin Random House.
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