Monthly Archives: April 2010

nntaleb: Help! Help! I have to concentrate all my problems in one slogan –and 15 minutes http://TwitPWR.com/GEf/ Need suggstions. Thanks, followers!

nntaleb: Help! Help! I have to concentrate all my problems in one slogan –and 15 minutes http://TwitPWR.com/GEf/ Need suggstions. Thanks, followers! (April 6, 2010)

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Saturday, April 10th (2010), 10 am – 5 pm
Northwest Science Building, Lecture Hall B103

On Saturday, April 10, a dozen “big thinkers” will share their thoughts on the hardest problems in social science. The daylong symposium kicks off an effort to identify – and ultimately tackle – the world’s thorniest unsolved problems in the social sciences. The inspiration for this event… (more)

MORNING SESSIONS
10:00 – 11:15 AM
: Introduction (Stephen Kosslyn) & first session (Peter Bearman, Nicholas Christakis, Ann Swidler, Nassim Taleb)
11:15 – 11:45 AM: Break (coffee, tea, and water available in lobby outside lecture hall)
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Second session (Nick Bostrom, Gary King, Emily Oster, Claudia Goldin)

AFTERNOON SESSIONS
2:15 – 3:15 PM
: Third session (Susan Carey, James Fowler, Roland Fryer, Richard Zeckhauser)
3:15 – 3:45 PM: Break (coffee, etc., available in lobby)
3:45 – 5:00 PM: Final session (Dean Kosslyn moderates a discussion between the speakers and audience.)

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Danny Kahneman at TED Experience vs. Memory

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

Update March 2010. From the February 2010 Ted talks.

Audio Only.

This is such a great talk. I’m now being able to apply Danny’s insights. I don’t trust my remembering self
and so don’t bias future experience, i.e. when the thought of a specific task, chore or other responsibility
causes a negative reaction, I don’t value it. Because what I’m finding is that, by and large, my memory of
negative experiences is worse than the experience itself.

Also, when a situation is about to come to a close, but it’s ending badly, I’ll extend the experience long
enough that the last thing that happens isn’t negative. For example, this morning I was awoken by a
loud noise a neighbor was making. Rather than get up angry and frustrated, I stayed in bed. The noise
ended shortly thereafter and I managed to get another 10 minute cat nap. I woke up refreshed and with
the sense I’d had a good night sleep.

“Randomness” – 2008 IdeaFestival

“Randomness” by philosopher and scholar of randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb at the 2008 IdeaFestival – proudly sponsored by the University of Kentucky a Presenting Sponsor of the international IdeaFestival.

Part one.

Part two.

Founded in 2000, the IdeaFestival is a world-class event that attracts diverse and leading thinkers from across the nation and around the globe to explore and celebrate innovation and cutting-edge ideas. It is a unique non-linear program designed to stretch people’s thinking, utilizing multiple venues to showcase and discuss important ideas in science, the arts, design, business, film, technology, education, etc. The Festival is designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of people – and presenters are selected for their ideas and accomplishments, and their ability to communicate to a wide-ranging audience.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Recent and Forthcoming Seminars and Talks

Shared by JohnH

NNT’s prior and upcoming speaking engagements. Links to full list, some of which have associated media files.

Oxford University, July
14, 2010

Hay Festival of Literature, Wales, May
29, 2010

Harvard, Social Science Symposium,
Boston, April 10, 2010

India Conclave, March 12,
2010

Dubai, March 1, 2010 (I
know)

Dubai, Feb 8, 2010

Russia Forum 2010 – Feb
3-5 2010,
Moscow

Tokyo, Dec 1, 2009