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Friends, Fat Tony…

Friends, Fat Tony argues with Socrates of Athens. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/sokrates.pdf www.fooledbyrandomness.com via Friends, Fat Tony….

The Prologue…

The Prologue www.fooledbyrandomness.com/prologue.pdf via The Prologue… | Facebook.

2400 years ago, we were ahead,

‎2400 years ago, we were ahead. Way ahead. www.fooledbyrandomness.com/protagoras.pdf via Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Added a section to…

Added a section to the text with the Alan Blinder problem. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ethics.pdf via Added a section to… | Facebook.

A little tough: My chapter naming names.

Get it while it’s hot! NNT often kills pdf links after a few days. A little tough: My chapter naming names. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ethics.pdf www.fooledbyrandomness.com via A little tough: My… | Facebook.

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 [...]

Seneca was a stoic, but not that type of stoic.

Seneca was a stoic, but not that type of stoic. Rewrote the section to make it clear. www.fooledbyrandomness.com/Seneca.pdf via Seneca was a stoic,… | Facebook.

The continuation of Seneca’s asymmetry

[Unfortunately the link is broken. I don't have the pdf and NNT is pretty clear about not sharing the documents he posts to FooledByRandomnexx.com anyway.] The continuation of Seneca’s asymmetry: “Fragility is the new blue”. I need to find the person who wrote it to give proper credit. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/fragility-blue.pdf via The continuation of… | Facebook.

Finally found a way…

Finally found a way to explain the central asymmetry of life leading to nonlinearities (convexity effects) www.fooledbyrandomness.com/Seneca.pdf via Finally found a way….

…a simpler, more intuitive explanation

A link from NNT’s homepage. Chapter 4. Thales’ Secret, or The Intelligence of Antifragility (pdf) I landed early (once) — A simple heuristic to get an inheritance — Where we discuss the idea of doing instead place of walking the Great Walk — Where the philosophers’ stone was staring at us — ideas matter less [...]