If we take a step back and more generally consider the issue of partitioned versus connected systems, partitioned systems are more stable, and connected systems are both more vulnerable and have more opportunities for collective action. Vulnerability (fragility) is connectivity without responsiveness. Responsiveness enables connectivity to lead to opportunity. If collective action can be employed to address threats, or to take advantage of opportunities, then the vulnerability can be mitigated and outweighed by the benefits. This is the basic relationship between the idea of sensitivity as we described it and your concept of antifragility. –Yaneer Bar-Yam

• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578120953311383448.html
• reading_notes for Antifragile → https://readmill.com/zzkt/reads/antifragile-things-that-gain-from-disorder (see also antifragility_quotes
• “Lectures on Probability, Risk & Decisions in the Real World” http://fooledbyrandomness.com/FatTails.html