Anti-fragility, or egomania?

One of the key characters of Game of Thrones would often say, "Chaos is a ladder", that you can use to your advantage to climb higher and higher as systems break down and new opportunities present themselves.

Of course, he was the single worst villain in the story, a career criminal and political intriguer.

A gentle breeze under controlled conditions can blow out a candle or energize a fire.

But hurricane force wind destroys, nothing can stand before it.

The "antifrigility" concept can be extraordinarily dangerous when applied to others, not just ourselves. Then it borders on hitleroid nazism - the strong declaring the right to dominate the weak. Implying or outright declaring that those who are too fragile to adapt are to blame for their own weakness, and don't deserve success - or at the extreme, to survive.

Fragility is the human condition. Everyone weakens, breaks, and ends. It is only a matter of when.

The best form of anti-fragility is the formation of a network of mutual support.

Where the weak are protected and even uplifted by the strong - and even the weak have their strengths, and contributions to make.

We all fall down sometimes, but if we have a support network, we might be able to stand back up.

This network that protects the weak from the winds of fate is called:

Civilization.

Maybe someday the world will achieve it.