What Nassim Taleb can teach us

Re:What Nassim Taleb can teach us by ambivalence on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:59PM (#14973545)

> At one point he was planning to publish a book of his own aphorisms, as quoted by himself, while he is still alive.

He did, it's called "The Bed of Procrustes". I quite enjoyed it, there's quite a few brilliant thoughts there, even though they're sprinkled between countless cheap shots against his enemies.

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Re:What Nassim Taleb can teach us by gxs on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:29PM (#14973827)

I found this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/21/bed-of-procrus...

Does he go into detail about these in his book? Some of these are clever but did he write some substance behind these quips? Asking, not accusing.

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Re:What Nassim Taleb can teach us by ZeroGravitas on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:53AM (#14978097)

I believe that review is actually not quoting the book, but rather pretending to be in character as Taleb and making things up to mock him.

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