Taleb does not say this in his book, but precious metals are both antifragile and robust or unchangeable in nature. Normally, the price of precious metals would have risen alongside the increase in the money supply.

The concept of antifragility comes from NaseemTaleb?s book Antifragile. In it, he describes things and processes that thrive on mistakes and volatility.

Basically, an antifragilesystem is one where error and/or risk is allowed, encouraged and leads to improvement overall.

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