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“Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic wisdom, and is not always bad -- at an existential level, it is my body rebelling against its entrapment. It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity.”

Whoah.. time to become Antifragile

>> No.11435450

>>11435288
Which book of his is this quote from?

>> No.11435537

>>11435288
>It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity
By wasting my self-development time through indulging in social media on my electronic device. I'm totally fighting modernity by being unable to let go of my smartphone. 40D chess.

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>>11435450
This one, I think.

>> No.11435612

>>11435537
Procrastination does not equal wasting time on your smartphone. You can procrastinate just as well by playing football or tennis with your friends, or by having a glass of wine on your porch.
I think the motivation behind Taleb’s statement is in part exactly this:
By not feeling so extremely guilty anymore for procrastinating, you can enable yourself to actually procrastinate in good/joyful ways, instead of having to resort to methods that are first and foremost very good at diverting from / numbing your feeling of guilt, while offering little good in the long run.

>> No.11435784

>>11435288
I'm already anti-fragile. Is Nassim telling me this is a good way to grieve? It's been years and I'm still wasting away.

>> No.11435800

>>11435606
Cheers

>> No.11435845

>>11435288
>Procrustean bed of modernity
what a windbag. all he needed to write was "eternal anglo"

>> No.11435856

>>11435288
okay who the fuck is this guy

seriously i keep seeing his smug face pop up, gimme a quick rundown. is he some sort of modern meme thinker like JBP or that sam harris fella?

>> No.11435864

>>11435856
No, he's vastly more intelligent than JBP or Harris.

>> No.11435889

>>11435864
I have only read a short taleb article on some systems theory. What is (or makes him) worthwhile to read if I have read a lot of ackoff

For example, jbp is just a boomer jung.

>> No.11435900

>>11435612
The only thing I enjoy is lying on my bed. I don't mean that in a depressive way, I genuinely enjoy it.

>> No.11435902

>>11435889
He is an economist, so a lot of insight comes from there. What he writes is non-fiction self-development. But he seems to be very well read and spent a lot of time on his theories.

Why should you read him? His ideas are unique. He doesn't just spout the same bullshit as everyone else (Which is 99% of the genre).

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>>11435902
>His ideas are unique.

>> No.11435979

Thats it you fucking broke me nassim Ill buy your stupid fucking antifragile book

>> No.11436132

>>11435856
He's being shilled here for some reason. Don't bump these threads, let them die.

>> No.11436224

>>11436132
BUMP!

>> No.11436233

>>11436132
He is genuinely one of the most interesting thinkers today.

>> No.11436249

>>11435288
Garbage writer

>> No.11436262

>>11435864
Kek