Tag Archives: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Intelligence and the Appearance of It

I like books. I read quite a lot of them and I have never been without a significant backlog of books to read since I was a teenager. Not everyone is like this though and there is nothing necessarily wrong … Continue reading

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Mistaken Self-Importance

I recently read Fooled By Randomness which was the first book in what became Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Incerto. I am eagerly anticipating his new book which comes out next month and if you do actually read here, you will know I’m … Continue reading

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Something I Aspire To Be

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House, November 27th, 2012 It is probably far to to late and completely unnecessary to review this book given that it was released more than four years ago and was popular amongst the audience … Continue reading

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