Becoming Antifragile
Becoming Antifragile
IJ Makan
003: How to Take Risks and Thrive in a World of Uncertainty with Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
42 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2023 at 11:58 am.
Dying in battle
Living with skin in the game
The Silver Rule
Hammurabi code
Why experts don’t have skin in the game
Intellectual Yet Idiots
GMO companies vs. scientists
Bob Rubin & bureaucrats getting rich
A captain who abandons his ship
Willing to bear the risk
Tolstoy and his friends
The difference between Napoleon and Julian the Apostate
Corporate slaves vs. entrepreneurs
Modern universities
Harrow sparrows and virtue signalling
Why God must have skin in the game
The Minority Rule
Live well
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Lessons from reading Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960 - present).
Skin in the Game argues that many of the world's problems spring from decision-makers unwilling to bear the risks of their ideas. Taleb argues that having skin in the game is necessary in life, commerce, and politics.
Nassim Taleb is a scholar, former options trader, statistician, and risk analyst. Taleb is known for his work on probabilities, randomness, and risk.
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IJ Makan is a philosopher, designer, and martial artist.
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