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Monthly Archives: August 2010

nntaleb: Finished My Central Paper http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1669317

nntaleb: Finished My Central Paper http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1669317

Daily Kos: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A review

The short:  I enjoyed the book and found it hard to put down.   It challenged some of my thinking and changed the way that I look at things.

What I didn't like:  the book was very inefficient; he could have conveyed the same message in about 1/…

nntaleb: The commodification paths: from hunting to farming to artisanry to industry; and from love to marriage to gold-digging to prostitution

nntaleb: The commodification paths: from hunting to farming to artisanry to industry; and from love to marriage to gold-digging to prostitution

nntaleb: Clash of religions comes from the incompatibility of various unconditionals.

nntaleb: Clash of religions comes from the incompatibility of various unconditionals.

nntaleb: Clash of religions comes from the incompatibility of various unconditionals.

nntaleb: Clash of religions comes from the incompatibility of various unconditionals.