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Taleb on Antifragility | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty

I’ve been waiting for this! Nassim Taleb, author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about antifragility, the concept behind Taleb’s next book, a work in progress. Taleb talks about how we can cope with our ignorance and uncertainty in a complex world. Topics covered include health, finance, [...]

It’s Here! RSA – The Predictability of Unpredictability

The Predictability of Unpredictability 1st Dec 2011; 18:00 Listen to the audio (full recording including audience Q&A) Please right-click link and choose “Save Link As…” to download audio file onto your computer. Download Nassim Taleb’s presentation (pdf) RSA Keynote Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the brilliant and controversial author of The Black Swan, described in the [...]

Mark Blyth – The Black Swan of Cairo

Mark Blyth, the co-author of NNT’s recent Foreign Affairs article, was interviewed by Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source. Click arrow to play audio. Mark Blyth, The Black Swan of Cairo.  

Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans – Knowledge@Wharton

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Taleb: The events in the Middle East are not black swans. They were predictable to those who know the region well. At most, they were gray swans or perhaps white swans. One of the lessons of “Wild vs. Mild Random…

Nassim Taleb at Names Not Numbers Symposium

Names Not Numbers Symposium An annual thought leadership symposium. Multimedia Fragility, Complexity & Society (mp3) Talk with Q&A Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Former Trader and Author of ‘The Black Swan’ Q&A moderated by Matthew Taylor, RSA

BBC – BBC World Service Programmes – The Forum, 12/03/2011

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Audio from the BBC. Intelligence Symposium in Portmeirion, with Oceanographer sylvia Earle and painter, poet Frieda Hughes. HatTip to Dave Lull.

Lebanese- American Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of ‘The Black Swan’….

Nassim Taleb – ManagemenTV

It’s much better to mistake a stone for a bear, than a bear for a stone. (Click arrow to play audio) Nassim Taleb ManagemenTV.mp3

Nassim Taleb – The Russia Forum 2011

You can see the entire talk here. Here’s the audio NNT’s portion of the panel. Click arrow to listen. NNT at The Russia Forum 2011.

The Economist – Nassim Taleb The Bed of Procrustes

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Item 16 is an audio interview with NNT from The Economist

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BBC News: Tuesday 14th December With Nassim Taleb

Links to BBC radio interview with NNT. HatTip to Dave Lull.
The intellectual guru Nassim Taleb has published
a collection of philosophical aphorisms.