> _Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire._ > _Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos:_ > _you want to use them, not hide from them._ > _You want to be the fire and wish for the wind._ > -Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder Learn to Love the Wind. Increase Variance to Increase Strength. Partial Reinforcement Extinguishes Slower than Total Reinforcement. --- TODO: Examples from animal learning and humans. --- Making stochastic payments to one-person companies that you have long-term informal relationships with is a stronger cognitive and emotional bond than employment.