Anti-Fragile Minds: Learning Through Pain

Jonathan Haidt introduces anti-fragility—a concept coined by Nassim Taleb to describe systems that improve through stress. Bones. Immune systems. Markets. Minds. “The immune system has to face challenges in order to learn.” Then psychologist Susan David closes with a beautiful—and brutal—truth: “Life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility. You are healthy until you are not. […]