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Monthly Archives: May 2014

What makes universities perverse is that academic wars are won by both sides.

What makes universities perverse is that academic wars are won by both sides. (50 more aphorisms) via What makes universities perverse is that… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Sometimes you say things and others know what you mean better than you do.

Sometimes you say things and others know what you mean better than you do. via Sometimes you say things and others know what… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Rupert Read and I wrote a short piece on religion…

Rupert Read and I wrote a short piece on religion as conveyor of intergenerational convex heuristics. Instead of putting technical stuff we just conveyed results from “Silent Risk”. http://econjwatch.org/articles/religion-heuristics-and-intergenerational-risk-management Religion, Heuristics, and Intergenerational Risk Management · Econ Journal Watch: Risk… This article does not concern what might be termed ‘the religious side of religion’ (each […]

In the U.S., when I look at a room with hotshot businessmen in 2014…

In the U.S., when I look at a room with hotshot businessmen in 2014, I know that the 2024 one will be different (except for businessess subject to bailouts). The same cannot be said in Europe or in places where the state is powerful. And if I look at the bureaucratic and academic establishments, the […]

For most of the professional researchers I’ve met…

For most of the professional researchers I’ve met, other people’s ideas are just like other people’s children. For most of the professional researchers I’ve… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.