Friday, February 22, 2013
Covered the audio version of this earlier on the blog. The Video of the NYPL Conversation with Daniel Kahneman is posted here (with transcripts). Note this is the 2nd time I post a link to the recording of a past event. And note that Kahneman figured out who Fat Tony was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMBclvY_EMA via The Video [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
“An environment that doesn’t learn from mistakes is one that’s not very healthy,” Taleb said today in an interview with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television. “We should have broken up the banks, we should be decentralizing. Instead the system is getting more centralized.”
Friday, February 15, 2013
Audio Everything in life has nonlinear responses, from medical treatments to project management, for both benefits and harm (medical and economic iatrogenics). The talk introduces the concept of fragility and antifragility and maps them to nonlinearities in life and decision making. The presentation is adapted from Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s recent book Antifragile: Things That [...]
“If you cannot use randomness and disorder and variability and volatility as fuel, you won’t make it in the long run.” Nassim Taleb on Icahn/Ackman: ‘They’re Only Human’Monday, 28 January 2013 10:08 AM ETNassim Taleb, author of “Antifragile” and “The Black Swan,” shares his outlook for the U.S. economy, investment strategies and his thoughts on [...]
Treat! From Reason.com Reason’s Nick Gillespie sat down with Taleb for a wide-ranging discussion about why debt leads to fragility (5:16); the importance of “skin in the game” to a properly functioning financial system (10:45); why large banks should be nationalized (21:47); why technology won’t rule the future (24:20); the value of studying the classics [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Radical? Published on Jan 9, 2013 Radical philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a blueprint for how to live – and thrive – in a world we don’t understand, and which is too uncertain for us to even try to predict.
What a treat. A full hour of NNT discussing Antifragile. Audio Only
Friday, December 28, 2012
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Monday, December 17, 2012
This is a little bit all over the place and it seems like there should be more (states that NNT will be with them for the whole hour)… Audio
Saturday, December 15, 2012
In this portion of the interview, we hear Nassim explore in-depth the reasons why uncertainty and volatility are beneficial in a number of financial situations, where having stressors that force continuous adaptation to current conditions is the healthiest situation one can have. In this portion of the interview, we hear some of Nassim’s ideas for [...]
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Cathy Newman interviews Nassim Taleb, Dec 5, 2012 Channel4.com Former banker and author of The Black Swan and Antifragile, Professor Nassim Taleb says the government should do “something symbolic” to bankers who have not paid the price for the economic crisis.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The renowned political and financial thinker explains his argument that chaos should be embraced—the position he takes in his new text, Antifragile. Watch Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on PBS. See more from Tavis Smiley.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Penguin and 5 x 15 present Nassim Nicholas Taleb in conversation with Ed Smith.Union Chapel, Islington November 26, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
We met up with Peter Cotton’s hijinks back in December, 2010- his very funny ‘Nassim Taleb Educates a Quant‘. He stopped by the blog today to let us know about his new creation, ‘Nassim Taleb on Anti-Fragility‘. Again, a few belly laughs for me. Here you go…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Could the markets be setting up for another “Black Swan” event and can anti-fragility be brought into global financial systems? BNN asks Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan.” Click link or photo to launch video.http://www.bnnprodown.com.edgesuite.net/2012/05/30/20120530_TC_NT.mp4Or http://m.bnn.ca/article?itemId=689374&feedId=444HatTip to Trevor!
BBC Newsnight invited NNT on to discuss the recent JP Morgan $3B investment loss fiasco. “Friends, thanks to Ktenneh’s help we have this statement of exasperation with the bankers’ scam.”
Economic Recovery: Perils, Politics and Possibilities Click Video to watch larger version on YT. About Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsThe Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University seeks to prepare its students for careers in public service, to provide them with the analytic tools and practical experience necessary [...]
I must be slacking. I knew this event was scheduled but I hadn’t seen the video until today! ZURICH.MINDS 2011, Antifragility. Talk with Rolf Dobelli
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
I reported NNT’s RSA talk and pdf notes back in December, 2011 . The YouTube video just became available.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Link to Source (My notes) The banks have made 2.2 trillion over the last 2 years. Salary plus bonuses. It is a tax on citizens. Bailout scheme, since Reagan.You need something to break the bank cartel. Federal Reserve policy is there to help the banks. Last year they had record bonuses.The ONLY valuable information you [...]
Saturday, August 20, 2011
BBC Newsnight Friday 19th Aug 2011 Audio only NNT interview starts at 4:57
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