And like many attempts to lay the foundation for a new philosophical system, it offers its own vocabulary and a platter of new concepts. Hubristic wielders of rationality are dubbed “fragilistas” (Alan Greenspan, at one point, is labeled an “uberfragilista”). Those who practice “naïve interventionism” by recklessly meddling in complex systems often give rise to “iatrogenics,” or “harm done by the healer, as when a doctor’s interventions do more harm then good.” The many who believe that human knowledge begins in the academy are guilty of the fallacy of “lecturing birds on how to fly.” There are so many neologisms and repurposed turns of phrase, in fact, that a back-of-the-book glossary is provided for easy reference.

via A Manifesto for Disorder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ Reviewed – The Daily Beast.

His point is that some things benefit from ‘mishandling’, from shocks, bangs and random knocks.
An emergency or problem, for example, can often lead to a useful new idea.
‘The airline industry benefits from every mistake ever made anywhere on the planet,’ he said. ‘Any pilot who makes a mistake anywhere on the planet today will make your next flight safer. The banking industry is the opposite.
‘Every mistake takes the banking system closer to total collapse. One system is antifragile, the other is fragile.’

via Renowned thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Let’s cherish the unpredictable | Metro.co.uk.