1/ Failure as having experience with what does not work (or the acquisition of negative knowledge).
"[...] negative knowledge (what is wrong, what does not work) is more robust to error than positive knowledge (what is right, what works)." – @nntaleb, Antifragile
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3/ "Let us say that, in general, failure (and disconfirmation) are more informative than success and confirmation, which is why I claim that negative knowledge is just “more robust.” –
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4/ Via negativa, one of the central tenets (among many) in Antifragile, was summarized nicely in the advice my friend @cognitivelmnt gave me: "Focus on avoiding what will continue to not work."
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