“Collaboration has explosive upside, what is mathematically
called a superadditive function, i.e., one plus one equals more than two, and
one plus one plus one equals much, much more than three. That is pure
nonlinearity with explosive benefits—we will get into details on how it
benefits from the philosopher’s stone. Crucially, this is an argument for
unpredictability and Black Swan effects: since you cannot forecast
collaborations and cannot direct them, you cannot see where the world is going.
All you can do is create an environment that facilitates these collaborations,
and lay the foundation for prosperity.” –Nassim Taleb, Antifragile
