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Matt Mullenweg, chic & geek – English version | ChicAndGeek.com

Friday, September 3, 2010

2. One book. Black Swan, by Nasim Taleb. 3. One movie. Fight Club. 4. One website. news.ycombinator.com. 5. One hero. Jeff Bezos. 6. One perfume. Elixir Des Merveilles Perfume by Hermes. 7. piece of jewelry. IWC Portuguese Mystere. …Chic & Geek |…

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

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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

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

Monday, August 30, 2010

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/…

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

Sunday, August 29, 2010

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

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TheDrawbridge | Be a gentleman on the treadmill

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of The Black Swan, an extended edition of which is published in May by Penguin.

 

Be a gentleman on the treadmillNassim Nicholas Taleb

Does having a job make you a phony? Well, it…

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nntaleb: The Magnificent, Note 133, www.fooledbyrandomness.com/notebook.htm

Friday, August 27, 2010

nntaleb: The Magnificent, Note 133, www.fooledbyrandomness.com/notebook.htm

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http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/77206/dating-advice-swf-loves-sebald-seeks-same-in-man

Thursday, August 26, 2010

http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/77206/dating-advice-swf-loves-sebald-seeks-same-in-manRuth Franklin Explores The Literary Dating Website, Alikewise.com. | The New Republicwww.tnr.comThe New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with…

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/26/stem

Thursday, August 26, 2010

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/26/stemNews: Questioning Value of Science Degrees – Inside Higher Edwww.insidehighered.comInternational study doubts correlation between increasing number of STEM graduates and economic growth, while findi…

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nntaleb: “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical: Practical Aphorisms”, N N Taleb (of Amioun), c. Jan 2011 www.fooledbyrandomness.com/aphorisms.pdf

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

nntaleb: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical & Practical Aphorisms”, N N Taleb (of Amioun), c. Jan 2011 www.fooledbyrandomness.com/aphorisms.pdf

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Taleb's Pessimism Sows Seeds of CIC Interest – WSJ.com

Monday, August 23, 2010

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HatTip to Dave Lull WSJ is behind a paywall unless you search for the story and connect to it through Google. For now.
Prof. Nassim Nicholas Taleb was in his native northern Lebanon last week, thinking about instability in the pricin…

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