The document discusses the concepts of fragility, antifragility, and resilience. It notes that natural systems are built from mistakes and that avoiding small errors can make larger ones more severe. It emphasizes that entrepreneurship, though risky, is important for economic growth and survival. The document advocates sharing failures and mistakes to promote learning.

1. Founders Club
12.19.2013
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4. Fragile
easily broken, shattered, or damaged;
delicate; brittle; frail
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5. What's the opposite of fragile?
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6. What's the opposite of fragile?
Robust?
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7. What's the opposite of fragile?
Robust?
Strong?
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8. What's the opposite of fragile?
Robust?
Strong?
Unbreakable?
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9. What's the opposite of fragile?
Robust?
Strong?
Unbreakable?
Resilient?
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10. What's the opposite of fragile?
Robust?
Strong?
Unbreakable?
Resilient?
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11. Natural systems are built from nonsystemic
mistake to nonsystemic mistake
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12. “Every plane crash makes the next one
less likely, every bank crash makes the next
one more likely”
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13. “The fragility of every startup is necessary
for the economy to be antifragile”
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14. “lecturing birds how to fly”
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15. “lecturing birds how to fly”
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16. “Technology is the result of antifragility,
exploited by risk-takers in the form of tinkering
And trial and error, with nerd-driven design
confined to the backstage.”
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17. “Technology is the result of antifragility,
exploited by risk-takers in the form of tinkering
And trial and error, with nerd-driven design
confined to the backstage.”
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18. “the road to robustification
starts with a modicum of harm”
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19. “depriving systems of stressors, vital
stressors, is not necessarily a good
thing, and can be downright harmful”
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20. “How do you innovate?
First, try to get in trouble”
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21. “difficultly is what wakes up the genius”
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22. “difficultly is what wakes up the genius”
“The excess energy from overreaction
to setbacks is what innovates!”
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23. “entrepreneurship is a risky and heroic activity,
necessary for growth or even the mere survival
of the economy”
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24. “entrepreneurship is a risky and heroic activity,
necessary for growth or even the mere survival
of the economy”
“there is no such thing as a failed entrepreneur”
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25. National Entrepreneur Day
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26. National Entrepreneur Day
“Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but
we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the
sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic
growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty.
You are the source of our antifragility.
Our nation thanks you.”
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27. Natural systems love small errors.
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28. Natural systems love small errors.
Humans do not.
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29. Natural systems love small errors.
Humans do not.
“Avoidance of small mistakes makes the large ones
more severe.”
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30. The crux?
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31. The crux?
How can we better share, and learn from
each other's mistakes and failures?
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