I LOVED this book. And I have no idea why. I'm not sure I even understood it and Taleb is clearly a total ass, but I loved this book. I kept wanting more and more and more of it and then kept seeing Taleb's ideas everywhere. At work, in relationships, at church, at the gym, in politics, on TV. Antifragility was everywhere. I think there's a very strong chance that this book is on to something incredibly important about why somethings succeed and others fail and more importantly-why modern life in almost all its forms is a total mess.
As soon as the smoke clears I'm going in for a second read. If anyone reads this, please let me know so I can see if you understood it better than I did!