This post is inspired by Nassim Taleb’s fantastic book, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder. As someone who has spent years thinking and writing about similar ideas on a much more primitive level, it is both humbling and exhilarating to read a book that so brilliantly describes concepts of vulnerability and risk and resilience.
People make a lot of sacrifices to save for retirement. Money that could be spent on jet skis and exotic vacations is instead salted away so it can be used decades later. We do this because we don’t want to be fragile. We don’t want to be beholden to the whims of a third party, so we build up this pot of money to create independence. Unfortunately, this money often ends up invested in a way that creates an entirely different, yet equally dangerous type of fragility. Continue reading
