antifragility

Open the Main NavigationSearch SUBSCRIBE MIND & BRAIN Antifragility: How to use suffering to get stronger DESCRIPTION TRANSCRIPT Copy a link to the article entitled SHARE ANTIFRAGILITY: HOW TO USE SUFFERING TO GET STRONGER ON FACEBOOK SHARE ANTIFRAGILITY: HOW TO USE SUFFERING TO GET STRONGER ON TWITTER SHARE ANTIFRAGILITY: HOW TO USE SUFFERING TO GET STRONGER ON LINKEDIN What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That old adage roughly sums up the idea of antifragility, a term coined by the statistician and writer Nassim Taleb. The term refers to how systems tend to become stronger after being exposed to stressors, shocks, and mistakes. The same applies to humans. Although suffering for its own sake isn’t necessarily good, experiencing — and overcoming — stress and difficulty tends to make us stronger people in the long run. We shouldn’t always shy away from that which makes us uncomfortable. UP NEXT Stop chasing utopia. Create “protopia” instead. ▸ 7 min — with Kevin Kelly Footer SUBSCRIBE Get counterintuitive, surprising, and impactful stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Your email address FOLLOW US View our Youtube channel View our Facebook page View our Instagram feed View our Twitter feed View our LinkedIn account SECTIONS Neuropsych Thinking Leadership Smart Skills High Culture The Past The Present The Future Life Health Hard Science Special Issues BIG QUESTIONS Will true AI turn against us? Do we have free will? Why are there conspiracy theories? Is religion helping or hurting us? Are we alone in the universe? Should we trust