Quite a predicament to be both evil and risk averse.
via Quite a predicament to be both evil and risk averse. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Quite a predicament to be both evil and risk averse.
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
It is a sad situation to be boring without being virtuous.
It is a sad situation to be boring without being virtuous.
via It is a sad situation to be boring without being… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
It takes a lot of skills to be virtuous without being boring.
It takes a lot of skills to be virtuous without being boring.
via It takes a lot of skills to be virtuous without… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Getting close to finishing the first draft of… “Fat Tails and Asymmetries”
Getting close to finishing the first draft of the book. Changed the title to “Fat Tails and Asymmetries”. Wrote a preamble.And the central message:” It is better to take risks you understand than to try to understand risks you are taking.” http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/FatTails.html
Questions: There are two options, 1 academic publisher , 2 staying at Random House & Penguin. The MS will remain free on the web in both situations. The academic route requires academic reviewers, etc., much less the other. Any pros and cons of either?
Thanks for comments.
via Getting close to finishing the first draft of… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
The problem is that academics really think that…
The problem is that academics really think that nonacademics find them more intelligent than themselves.
via The problem is that academics really think that… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.