Taleb split systems into 3 types those that get weaker from stressors, don't whose don't budge, and those that get better from stressors (at the right amounts).
example of systems that get better, from the book if my memory is not failing me:
- biological muscles, each time you stress it more than its current capacity micro-tears makethem heal better than before.
- the aircraft industry, each airplane crash make the next airplane less likely to crash.
so if you have an antifragile system you're better off seeking some of these stressors at the right doses (don't go crashing planes in real life, do it in a simulation please)
this is the only thing I remember from reading the book when it came out, if I forgot somethings feel free to mention them.
There's also Hormesis with respect to poisons, basically using small doses to build up a tolerance. He also dedicated a chapter or more to markets and how intervention (removing stressors) can cause more harm in the longterm.
example of systems that get better, from the book if my memory is not failing me:
- biological muscles, each time you stress it more than its current capacity micro-tears makethem heal better than before.
- the aircraft industry, each airplane crash make the next airplane less likely to crash.
so if you have an antifragile system you're better off seeking some of these stressors at the right doses (don't go crashing planes in real life, do it in a simulation please)
this is the only thing I remember from reading the book when it came out, if I forgot somethings feel free to mention them.