The concept of antifragility: Shockingly Happy

Post by visualcsharp » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 2:59 PM UTC

confluence wrote: post #7

blackhole wrote: post #4

I want proof that the "Entitlement Generation" actually exists. I see it talked about everywhere, yet never experience it. Why, exactly, is my generation different from an older generation that thinks it's entitled to social security that a shrinking workforce could never possibly sustain? If we have entitlement problems, our entire society has entitlement problems, not just a bunch of sheltered kids.

This is what one calls anecdotal overload and should set one's bullshit alarms blaring. No data. No definitions. Just entrepreneurial feel good bullshit. I stopped reading these types of articles for the purpose of trying to discern any type of value other than trying to understand how delusional people think. There are oh so many of them - I try to make sure I don't get freight trained by them.

Post by maxwin » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 4:27 PM UTC

Post by pdog » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 4:34 PM UTC

maxwin wrote: post #13

There seems to be a trend to invent new words for an old concept when writing articles. I don't know if the intention is to attract eye balls or to claim that "hey I invent this concept". But most of the times, what you discover is not new. Why invent "The concept of antifragility" when there is a word called "resilience" . Since English is not my first language, please correct me if I am wrong.

Post by gagabity » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

maxwin wrote: post #13

There seems to be a trend to invent new words for an old concept when writing articles. I don't know if the intention is to attract eye balls or to claim that "hey I invent this concept". But most of the times, what you discover is not new. Why invent "The concept of antifragility" when there is a word called "resilience" . Since English is not my first language, please correct me if I am wrong.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 4:51 PM UTC

confluence wrote: post #7

blackhole wrote: post #4

I want proof that the "Entitlement Generation" actually exists. I see it talked about everywhere, yet never experience it. Why, exactly, is my generation different from an older generation that thinks it's entitled to social security that a shrinking workforce could never possibly sustain? If we have entitlement problems, our entire society has entitlement problems, not just a bunch of sheltered kids.

This is what one calls anecdotal overload and should set one's bullshit alarms blaring. No data. No definitions. Just entrepreneurial feel good bullshit. I stopped reading these types of articles for the purpose of trying to discern any type of value other than trying to understand how delusional people think. There are oh so many of them - I try to make sure I don't get freight trained by them.