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Is our semiconductor sector anti-fragile?

Is our semiconductor sector anti-fragile?

The Star16-05-2025
THE anti-fragile concept was popularised by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2012 aptly titled book Antifragile.
It refers to anyone or thing that not only withstands shocks, stressors and volatility but actually improves and becomes stronger because of those very problems.
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