Index: Learning to Fail
Taleb is excellent at describing systems and terrible at telling you how to live. Antifragility is a property of systems under stress. Learning to fail is the prerequisite skill that makes any of it actionable.
Articles
- The Descriptive-Prescriptive Gap - Taleb describes systems well and prescribes for individuals poorly. Why exposure to failure comes before the barbell.
- Exposure Therapy and OCD - An exploration of exposure therapy through the lens of OCD.
- Becoming a Professional Failer - Failure as a skill you practice, not a thing that happens to you.
- Fear and the Central Governor - The brain limits output to protect you. Fear works the same way. Both can be recalibrated.