(PS – Megalopsychia is the opposite of being in control of one’s emotions, it is about being noble in emotions.)
Monthly Archives: January 2011
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MY ACTIVISM
To “robustify” society against Black Swans across domains. Conversation
with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron on how
to robustify society and Rahul Ghandi about farmers' fragility & suicides. In Congress discussing Bank
Risk Management , Hyperinflation
& Fiscal Stimulus(video), The
U.K. Tories and The Black Swan (Video), The King of Sweden’s
Bonham declaration and begging for the termination
of the economics “Nobel”. On literature (conversation
with Rolf Dobelli) . Best article (Guardian) on why Big Will Fail.
Nature (or God) gave us emotions for a purpose…
Nature (or God) gave us emotions for a purpose. Classical man did not conceal his anger, scorn, frustration, sadness, love, awe, fear… When did we start repressing & concealing them?
Sorry for the complication. Everything antifragile is convex…
Sorry for the complication. Everything antifragile is convex, everything convex is antifragile, everything concave is is fragile, but not everything fragile is concave.
Technical Papers Expanding on The Black Swan and The Fourth Quadrant
( Current works by other researchers using the ideas as a
starting point). For references in books, see here.
SPECIAL ISSUES of ACADEMIC JOURNALS
International Journal of Forecasting, 2009 — Decision Making under
Low Levels of Predictability – Articles by Makridakis, Gigererenzer, Taleb,
Goldstein, etc.
The American Statistician, 2007, Black Swan Articles –Brown, Lund, Wesfall, Hilbe, and
Taleb
Critical Review Black
Swan Symposium, 2010, Blyth,
Callahan, Jervis (some idiot), and Runde
BOOK LENGTH WORKS
Lecturing Birds on Flying
Pablo Triana, Wiley 2009
The Blank Swan, The End of Probability Elie Ayache, Wiley 2010
The Art of Credit Derivatives: Demystifying the Black Swan , Joao
Garcia & Serge Goossens. Wiley 2010
On the Survival of Rats in the Slush Pile Michael Allen (on the Casanova problem in the publishing
industry)
Informing Business: Research and Education on a Rugged Landscape T.
Grandon Gill 2010
Leuko Kotsyfi, Mauro Karavi, M. Androulakis, Athens, 2010
MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE
It’s the Unknown Unknowns That Matter , AJ Senagore – Diseases
of the Colon & Rectum, 2010
Flash Crashes, Bursts, and Black Swans: Parallels Between Financial
Markets and Healthcare Systems BJ West… – Journal of Nursing
Administration, 2010