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A comment on Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb. Parent comment

Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by wglb on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:49PM (#11733715)
Ok, so what your call be about Benoit pointing out how smart he is making me feel non-brilliant?
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Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by scott_s on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:07PM (#11734252)
I am honestly not sure what you are saying. I never brought up Mandelbrot, only Taleb. (Although this is a curious example, since Taleb brings up Mandelbrot a lot.)
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Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by wglb on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:55PM (#11734496)
My clumsy attempt was to draw a parallel between to authors who do a comparable amount of self congratulation.
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