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Re:Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author of Black Swan, on Bitcoin by _e on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:06PM (#16216376)
Nassim Taleb wrote in one of his books that he intentionally articulates his beliefs in a somewhat difficult to understand fashion otherwise people wouldn't take him seriously.

Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Kahneman (author of Thinking, Fast and Slow) both credit Nassim Taleb for a lot of inspiration in their books.

Someone mentioned to me that Benoit Mandelbrot (author of (Mis)behavior of Markets) inspired Nassim Taleb for a lot of his thoughts.

So there... read Mandelbrot, Gladwell and Kahneman to understand Nassim Taleb.

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Re:Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author of Black Swan, on Bitcoin by qwz4233 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:47PM (#16217532)
Another option for understanding Taleb is to take a rigorous course on stochastic processes. Afterwards, everything he says will make perfect sense.
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