Friday, February 25, 2011
The TRAGEDY OF THE APOPHATIC. Just to show that to nerds things that don't have a name don't appear to exist – & same problem 1) fail to understand uncertainty, 2) cannot connect dots, 3) cannot understand religion (what they don't see …
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friends, I need help: When did we start using Euclid’s axiomatic geometry in architecture? It seems to be that we had been building structures heuristically (including cathedrals), without any formal framework, that Euclid appeared late as a “lecturing…
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Marx was (perhaps) globally wrong (but locally right); Hayek was mildly right all the way. But Marx, when right, had huge insights; e.g. Chapter 14 of Das Capital I on the Division of Labor and its dismemberment of humans. Immense erudition: he moves f…
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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
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The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Random House
The Bed of Procrustes is the latest book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, but it diverges wildly from his other philosophical works.
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Flanerie a Bruxelles en pensant a Jacques Brelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMzAmrNS164Jacques Brel – “Amsterdam” livewww.youtube.comThis is an incredible performance of “Amsterdam” by singer Jacques Brel. Try not to get chills watching this.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
As part of the Deloitte Innovation Growth Track program in the Netherlands, we have eight inspiring sessions on different themes with top speakers. For each session, we give Deloitte employees the opportunity to ask a question to one of the speakers.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Another C-Span video interview. This one should be embeddable, but it’s not. The link does, however load directly to the spot in the interview where Malcom Gladwell discusses Nassim Taleb. Q&A with Malcolm Gladwell Nov 30, 2009 C-SPAN | Q&A Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and writer for “The New Yorker” magazine, spoke about his writing [...]
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Two C-Span videos from 2007 just popped up. I haven’t seen either of them! I don’t seem to be able to embed the video. I’ll also look for audio downloads and post the links if I find them.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talked about his book …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Charles Murray and Nassim Taleb discussed their research on interpretations of historical achievement and great human accomplishments, including the analysis of unexpected events throughout history. After their presentations they responded to audience …