Are schools making us dumber? Nassim Taleb coined a famous term a few
years ago: Antifragile. This encapsulates many concepts in nature and
other parts of our growth. The term syggests building systems that can
not only withstand the current problems, but get better with each new
problem. Hence, facing more problems improves the system.
To make our children antifragile, they need to face more difficult
situations. But schools do exactly opposite. Children get punished for
failing if they face difficult situations. Hence it encourages avoiding
such situations. Which in turn is making our children less antifragile.
The video covers various aspects of antifragile with interesting
examples and information. Learn it all now.
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Books mentioned in the video:
Antifragile by N. N. Taleb: https://tapthe.link/AntifragileBook
Guns Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond: https://tapthe.link/GunsGermsSteelBook
Chapters:
00:00 The problem
00:48 Antifagile
03:14 Example 1
04:13 Data
05:16 Example 2
06:36 Levels
07:08 Children & schools
08:30 Parenting
09:45 Real-life examples
11:30 Dictatorship vs democracy
13:50 Communism vs capitalism
16:00 Should everything be antifragile?