Mia (I am a boy but want to be a girl)

Posted Saturday, March 2, 2024

3mo

INFP

Sagittarius

antifragile

If asked to find an antonym for vulnerability, most people would likely think of strength. Vulnerability refers to a person's initial reaction to challenges and setbacks being to shrink back, feel discouraged, and sad, while strength implies facing challenges and setbacks with courage, confronting them directly, and remaining untroubled. However, today I came across a term proposed by Taleb, "antifragile," which presents a new stance, an attitude that becomes stronger through adversity. This reminds me of the repeated games mentioned in game theory. Sometimes, when we face setbacks, we need to remind ourselves that life consists of multiple games. A single setback does not determine the final outcome; what's more important is what we gain from these setbacks. Antifragility suggests that in the face of setbacks, we don't necessarily have to make ourselves stronger. It's okay to feel bad, to break down, to retreat, but more importantly, to absorb the experiences from these setbacks and turn them into nourishment for our growth. These lessons might seem like old news, but seeing a foreign author explain these concepts with a new term is quite fascinating. 如果幫脆弱找一個相反詞，我想大部分人都會想到的是堅強。 脆弱指的是一個人面對挑戰和挫折時，第一個反應是退縮，沮喪，難過，而堅強指的則是人面對挑戰和挫折時，勇敢，直面，波瀾不驚。 但我今天讀到了一個詞，是塔雷伯提出來的“反脆弱”，他陳述了一種新的姿態，一種越挫越勇的姿態。 這讓我想起之前讀博弈論提到的多次博弈。有時候我們面對挫折時，需要提醒自己，人生是多次博弈，不會因為一次的挫折而決定最後結果，更重要的是在挫折中得到了什麼。 而反脆弱則告訴我們，我們面對挫折時不一定要讓自己變得堅強，可以難受可以崩潰可以退縮，但更重要的是把挫折的經驗給吸取起來，成為自己成長的養分。 這些教育好像也是老生常談了，但看到外國作者又用了一個詞來解釋這些，還是挺奇妙的。 (edited)