Jan 09, 20 radical philosopher nassim nicholas taleb offers a blueprint for how to live and thrive in a world we dont understand, and which is too uncertain for us to even try to predict. Taleb, author of fooled by randomness and the black swan, talking about his new book. Universa investments distinguished scientific advisor nassim taleb was a trader for first boston at the time. May 22, 2017 nassim taleb, hedgefund adviser and author of the black swan, may be a prophet of doom when it comes to the perilous state of financial markets, but, in a rare splash of cheer, he says he. Mar 08, 2015 best explanation of ergodicity by sinai. Antifragile, by nassim nicholas taleb the new york times. Radical philosopher nassim nicholas taleb offers a blueprint for how to live and thrive in a world we dont understand, and which is too uncertain for us to even try to predict.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading antifragile. Suppose you want to buy a pair of shoes and you live in a house that has a shoe store. The facts are true, the news is fake incerto medium. When i meet him at a central london hotel, nassim nicholas taleb, the lebaneseborn wall street traderturnedpolymath and author, is uncharacteristically flustered. Jul 02, 2016 nassim taleb author of the renowned black swan book said people are sick of being told how to think by hapless eurocrats who couldnt find a coconut on coconut island. This is a superb piece and i hope it is widely read and taken to heart in wall street, silicon valley, and washington. This fascinating academic debate has huge implications for. Nassim taleb, one of the worlds most influential thought leaders in the area of statistics, spoke with benzinga partner james altucher on tuesday only the second interview hes given in 2014. Iam nassim taleb, author of antifragile, ama i am interested in decision making under opacity when we dont know whats going on without being harmed by mistakes, disorder, and volatility, and be potentially helped by them. Nassim nicholas taleb, adviser at universa investments, sat down for an interview with erik schatzker tuesday evening in new york. Go to the index of philosophers squared nassim nicholas taleb 1960 is a lebaneseborn american citizen with a french phd in economic philosophy.
My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. I was not surprised that such a word did not previously exist, because, like most people, i had thought. An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion. Nassim nicholas taleb tandon school of engineering, new york university 3rd version, october 2017 forthcoming, quantitative finance i. Nassim nicholas taleb explains antifragile youtube. Oct 16, 2017 the black monday crash was 30 years ago this week. Good science communication means never calling them retard even if youre nassim taleb august 14, 2015 august 14, 2015 colin communicating science to people who arent scientists is very hard to do well.
Ive been on a taleb streak this year here, here and here. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile if work is dull, dont do it, go stand outside in the cold, and much more. Aug 14, 2016 i read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. May 11, 2010 in the course of 400 pages, nassim taleb discourses amusingly and eruditely on black swans and the human reaction to them, which isnt always logical. Things that gain from disorder incerto book 3 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas.
From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some systems. Nassim nicholas taleb on how to be more antifragile the. Minx xi cambridge audio azur dorf vacances pension compl. In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto series. Antifragile, nassim nicholas taleb s followup to his black swan, argues that topdown efforts to eliminate volatility in public and private lives end up making things more fragile. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words. In this book, taleb presents a revolutionary argument. The bestselling author of the black swan explains the concept of his new book, antifragile, and how we can thrive in a world that is unpredictable, chaotic and full of shocks. He has spent his life immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge, and he has led three highprofile careers around his ideas, as a man of letters, as a businessmantrader, and as a university professor and researcher. The hidden moments of a probability distribution authors. Nassim nicholas taleb empirical evidence that the boat is safe.
Before the crisis that started in 2007, both of us believed that the financial system. Fooled by randomness and the black swan, talking about his new book. Good science communication means never calling them. Dec 17, 2012 antifragile, nassim nicholas talebs followup to his black swan, argues that topdown efforts to eliminate volatility in public and private lives end up making things more fragile. The most valuable takeaway message is that history does not always prepare us for the future taleb uses the example of turkeys and christmas. Siegel july 20 investment professionals know the value of a convex bond it gains more from. No worship without skin in the game incerto medium.
Sitg as you can see on that website, the content of the new. Unifying themes in complex systems ix, proceedings of the ninth international conference on complex systems 2018, in alfredo j. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. May 21, 2015 this fascinating academic debate has huge implications for the future of world peace. Nassim nicholas taleb s edge bio understanding is a poor substitute for convexity antifragility something central, very central, is missing in historical accounts of scientific and technological discovery. Risk is both precautionary fragility based and evidentiary statistical based. Dec 30, 2016 when you read nassim taleb s works it isnt apparent its lessons, to a lesser or greater extent, have been put into practice by value investors for half a century. It has some interesting things, but i think he pushes his arguments a bit too far, and because he is an entertaining writer, the general public doesnt know the counterarguments to the points he makes in his book. Nassim nicholas taleb is an uncompromizing nononsense thinker for our times. This fascinating academic debate has huge implications for the future of world peace. Sorry to interrupt this important thread about the sexual life of taleb, but even the hezbollah is fighting isis. Taleb, famous for his assessment of risk, says there are greater.
Scholar, statistician and guru of riskmanagement recommends his favorite novels and the best professional books. Nassim nicholas taleb, that is, the options traderturnedmathematicianturned public intellectual and i even managed to get myself on his infamous blocklist after arguing back at him. The author famous for the black swan is a bit of a black swan himself an unexpected phenomenon arising from the collision of several arcane disciplines and. Mar, 2017 nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. Hes in the middle of a short visit to the uk to publicise his new book. Taleb was a former trader who now conducts academic research in probability theory. When you read nassim taleb s works it isnt apparent its lessons, to a lesser or greater extent, have been put into practice by value investors for half a century. Siegel july 20 investment professionals know the value of a convex bond it gains more from falling rates than it loses from rising ones. Things that gain from disorder was written by nassim nicholas taleb arguably one of the greatest philosophers of this era.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To prevail in an uncertain world, get convex laurence b. In a short new paper, taleb argues that new entrants into finance simply wont be able to outcompete existing investment managers. All these centers of power and creativity are drowning in illusions brought about by thunderous misuses of statistics that have become implacably seductive only with the recent availability of vast, connected computer resources. Things that gain from disorder kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. Black swan writer taleb downplays north korean nuclear. His books on antifragility shaped a lot of my views. Get unlimited access to the best stories on medium and support writers while youre at it. In titling his new book, nassim nicholas taleb has coined a new word.
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