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nntaleb: The more I read him, the more I realize John Gray (the philosopher not the pop-psych) is the greatest and most lucid thinker on the planet.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

nntaleb: The more I read him, the more I realize John Gray (the philosopher not the pop-psych) is the greatest and most lucid thinker on the planet.

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nntaleb: I wonder if Gregg Easterbrook will do the honorable thing of removing his NYT review of The Black Swan.

Monday, July 19, 2010

nntaleb: I wonder if Gregg Easterbrook will do the honorable thing of removing his NYT review of The Black Swan.

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nntaleb: (in the process of deleting all past aphorisms owing to copyright matters)

Saturday, July 17, 2010

nntaleb: (in the process of deleting all past aphorisms owing to copyright matters)

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nntaleb: My idea is to be aggressive risk-taker in the 3 quadrants & extremely prudent in the 4th; establishment does reverse http://TwitPWR.com/LoJ/

Friday, July 2, 2010

nntaleb: My idea is to be aggressive risk-taker in the 3 quadrants & extremely prudent in the 4th; establishment does reverse http://TwitPWR.com/LoJ/

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nntaleb: Note 131 http://TwitPWR.com/Lb9/

Monday, June 28, 2010

nntaleb: Note 131 http://TwitPWR.com/Lb9/

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Q&A 2. Excerpt of OWP 2010 Evening Session

Friday, June 25, 2010

Q&A, Excerpt of OWP 2010 Evening Session with Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Author of the international bestseller The Black Swan. We live in a complex system that delivers extreme deviations. Current risk management and economic analyses methods fail us in such a system because of low predictability. What should we do in such an environment? In this evening session, Taleb will present simple rules (lower leverage, less reliance on deficit spending, less mathematical risk management) for a black swan robust economic system.

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PBS Video Taleb & Roubini Examine Potential for Longer Recession

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

NASSIM TALEB: The governments have transformed private debt into public debt. Now, that’s not something very commendable, because your grandchildren — and I know you have grandchildren — your grandchildren and their children will bear the price. This is immoral.

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Nassim Taleb and the Problem with Bailouts

Friday, June 11, 2010

CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS

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Squawk Box Europe Debt Slashing Only Solution: Nassim Taleb

Friday, June 11, 2010

  Airtime: Thurs. Jun. 10 2010 | :30:0 10 ET “We have no other solution but to slash debt,” Nassim Taleb, author of ‘The Black Swan’, told CNBC Thursday. He discusses the outlook for the global economy with Bob Long, CEO, Conversus Capital. Summary from Huffington Post: Author and New York University professor Nassim Taleb [...]

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Videos Posted by NYU-POLY FRE: Interview with Charles Tapiero and Nassim Taleb

Monday, June 7, 2010

NNT enters the conversation around 5:45 NYU-POLY is the school NNT chose to teach at.iatrogenics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenics Interview with Morton L. Topfer Distinguished Professor and Department Chair Charles S. Tapiero and Distinguished Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb .Also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=396575527762

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