nntaleb: Just as there are authors who enjoy “having written” and others whp enjoy writing, there are books you (cont) http://tl.gd/l4h9r
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Just as there are authors who enjoy “having written” and others whp enjoy writing, there are books you enjoy “having read” and others you enjoy reading. I wonder which books are written by which authors.
nntaleb: Ralph Nader, incorruptible: this is the 2nd time in my life I encounter someone who does not have any fake cell (cont) http://tl.gd/l2gkv
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Ralph Nader, incorruptible: this is the 2nd time in my life I encounter someone who does not have any fake cell in his body; you admire his courage even if you disagreed w his politics. The embodiment of the n. “uncompromising sincerity”. Asceticism makes him socially, intellectually, financially, & mostly socially incorruptible… And all that in the city of phonies, DC…
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Audio Only: Daniel Kahneman & Nassim Taleb at DLD 2008
One of the most anticipated talks at DLD 2009 brought together essayist and former mathematical trader Nassim Taleb, nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman (Princeton University) and John Brockman, publisher of Edge in Munich. View the complete 1 hour DLD video of the session “Reflections on a crisis” in HD as the greatest living psychologist and the foremost scholar of extreme events discuss hindsight biases, the illusion of patterns, perception of risk, and denial here. Also, you may want to read more on FOCUS Online and edge.org. Thanks to Thomas Praus and Nicole Simon for live-blogging about this session.
January 31, 2009 · 02:55 PM·
One of the most anticipated talks at DLD 2009 brought together essayist and former mathematical trader Nassim Taleb, nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman (Princeton University) and John Brockman, publisher of Edge in Munich. View the complete 1 hour DLD video of the session “Reflections on a crisis” in HD as the greatest living psychologist and the foremost scholar of extreme events discuss hindsight biases, the illusion of patterns, perception of risk, and denial here. Also, you may want to read more on FOCUS Online and edge.org. Thanks to Thomas Praus and Nicole Simon for live-blogging about this session.
January 31, 2009 · 02:55 PM·
Tags: black swan· crisis· daniel kahneman· edge· finance· FOCUS· john brockman· nassim taleb· nicole simon· princeton· thomas praus
