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{{a|maxim|File:Friedrich Nietzsche.jpg}}{{quote|''[[Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens]]: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.'' | {{a|maxim|File:Friedrich Nietzsche.jpg}}{{quote|''[[Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens]]: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.'' — “From the military school of life: that which does not kill me, makes me stronger.” | ||
:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} | :—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} | ||
Yes, yes, knock yourselves without witty rejoinders about metal fatigue and polio, but [[Nietzsche]]’s aphorism articulates the fundamentally [[anti-fragile]] nature of the human being — and where it doesn’t apply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are not.</ref> | Yes, yes, knock yourselves without witty rejoinders about metal fatigue and polio, but [[Nietzsche]]’s aphorism articulates the fundamentally [[anti-fragile]] nature of the human being — and where it doesn’t apply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are not.</ref> | ||
And consider the converse, neurotic [[coronavirus]] obsessives: | And consider the converse, neurotic [[coronavirus]] obsessives: :“Avoiding things that might hurt, but won’t kill me, makes me ''weaker''.” | ||
:“Avoiding things that might hurt, but won’t kill me, makes me ''weaker''.” | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}} | *{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}} | ||
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