@vgr Sounds same as, in Taleb's terms, an antifragility/Procrustean bed fragility dichotomy
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@olimay Not quite. Taleb refuses to go all the way to fully embracing serendipity. He applies the idea more narrowly to risk avoidance. - 6 more replies
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@vgr remind me again what they mean?
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@vgr Interesting. I just read through this; https://twitter.com/vgr/status/575331994596339712 … and I suspect the same will be true for me. (Is there a newer writeup?) -
@davidmanheim Not yet
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@vgr then there is Bahramdipity- suppression of serendipitous discoveries/research results by powerful individuals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity#Related_terms … -
@SemprePhi Yup, familiar with that. Not as fundamental though. S/Z is basic/elemental - 1 more reply
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@vgr Does digital reality allow serendipity, or does it give us too much control?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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