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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Intellectuals and academics…
Intellectuals and academics (except for Hayekians) tend to treat the rest of the population as total idiots. So it is very hard for them to swallow the statement that, statistically, an intellectual is much, much more likely to be the total idiot …
Changed the title to UPSIDE DOWNSIDE
Changed the title to UPSIDE DOWNSIDE, with antifragility somewhere in the subtitle…The real theme is the Fundamental Asymmetry: “antifragility fragility equals more less to gain than to lose equals moreless upside than downside equals favorable unfavorable asymmetry “
Nassim Taleb BBC 4 Analysis
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street guru
Downing Street’s favourite intellectual is Nassim Nicolas Taleb, author of the best selling book The Black Swan.
Janan Ganesh of The Economist investigates his appeal.
Mon, 12 Mar 12
Download: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/analysis/analysis_20120312-2100a.mp3
Podcast home: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/analysis
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How Fat Tony became prosperous
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/FatTony-oil.pdf