The queen of news reporting…Christiane Amanpour! In my last post, I was fooled by randomness, or more specifically, by my System 1 thinking. I had hoped that a couple Kahneman fans would call me… more →
It's more fun than a TPS report...wrote 3 days ago: Antifragile, Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Antifragile, Things That Gain F … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Some brief thoughts on the subject – I am a long way behind with my reading and just starting … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Vivek Kaul Human beings love a good story. And a good story is complete. If something has happened t … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The queen of news reporting…Christiane Amanpour! In my last post, I was fooled by randomness, … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Nassim Taleb is a former Citibank derivatives trader turned modern-day philosopher and leading scept … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The authors of ‘Anti-Fragility’ (Nassim Taleb) and ‘Thinking fast and slow’ … more →
wrote 2 months ago: In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black s … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I still believe Fooled by Randomness is the best work by Nassim Nicolas Taleb and then he add n over … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Ok, so the headline might be a bit deceptive. I was not actually, physically present when these two … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a successful options trader on Wall Street, is one of the most interesting an … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Rule 1. Think of the economy as more like a cat than a washing machine. Rule 2. Favor businesses t … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of ANTIFRAGILE: Things That Gain From Disorder, which is about … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Here is another in the CONVERSATIONS AT EDGE series, in this instance a conversation with Nassim Nic … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Black Swans – parading for their entry into economic theory Black swans and applying economic theory … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Urban Rainmaker is the author of The Urban Dream Surfer and The Black Swan Enigma. The author in 200 … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I normally don’t buy books at the time of their apparition. They’re way overpriced, some … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Something that did not happen can provide information. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holme … more →
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wrote 5 months ago: Analysis / Comparison – of The Top-20 ROI Films – to: the BOTTOM-20 ROI Films (i.e. The … more →