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I am posting these excerpts from skin in the game as i. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. Nassim taleb is annoying, but antifragile is still worth. Nassim nicholas taleb born 1960, lebaneseamerican writer and statistician. Nordine taleb born 1981, french mixed martial artist. Nov 17, 2010 even his books title, the bed of procrustes, is intentionally harsh.
Please, no finance or similarly depraved topics, and no journalists. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican of antiochian greek descent essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk. Taleb took issue with krugmans support of deficit spending. His focus is on how different systems handle disorder. Based on his continuing exploration of the decision making process under opaque circumstances, nassim taleb, author of the black swan and. Scholar, statistician and guru of riskmanagement recommends his favorite novels and the best professional books. Nassim nicholas taleb, born in 1960, spends most of his time as a flaneur, meditating in cafes across the planet. His focus in on how different systems handle disorder. Taleb s works focuses on mathematical, philosophical, and practical problems with risk and probability, as well as on the properties of systems that can handle disorder. Nassim nicholas taleb quotes author of the black swan page. Taleb is a small man who resorts to curses and insults on his twitter account. Brahim taleb born 1985, moroccan longdistance runner. Taleb told et now that india has made remarkable progress in.
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