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Re:The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break,... by misiti3780 on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:57PM (#23606543)
thanks for this -- in antifagile he mentions how he reads 30-60 hours every week. assuming that is true, he must be reading hundreds of books a year.
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Re:The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break,... by antisocial on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:58PM (#23607922)
He has all the f u money he needs, no day job, genuine curiosity, there is no need to doubt it. His intellectual curiosity is so refreshing when almost everybody reads books to signal something.
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Re:The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break,... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @02:48PM (#23618423)
Other people read books to signal, but Talib has enough cloud to just say shit instead of signaling. Arguably, this is why he has the reputation of being a jerk or putting his foot in his mouth.
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