Douglas_Knight comments on Opaque fragile systems/institutions dominate. - Less Wrong

-7 Post author: saliency 11 June 2012 03:06PM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 11 June 2012 09:14:25PM 2 points [-]

I think "fragile" is a poor choice of a word.

Comment author: saliency 11 June 2012 09:29:30PM *  2 points [-]

Thanks for the comment. I use fragile because I am rifting off, and a bit against, what I expect is Taleb's idea for his new book antifragility.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 12 June 2012 12:03:02AM 2 points [-]

Such usage is bad for readers who don't pay attention to Taleb. Such usage might be good for readers who do pay attention to him, but only if they (a) realize that's what you're talking about and (b) agree with your guess.

Anyhow, you used other words, so I understood what you were talking about.