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nntaleb: Their sabbatical is to work six days and rest for one; my sabbatical is to work for (part of) a day and rest for six.

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nntaleb: Their sabbatical is to work six days and rest for one; my sabbatical is to work for (part of) a day and rest for six.

nntaleb: Classical man wd be horrified to see power & respect given to men without great acts of courage -like calling “hero” a golfer (now-castrated

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nntaleb: Classical man wd be horrified to see power & respect given to men without great acts of courage -like calling "hero" a golfer (now-castrated

nntaleb: City-states organize by tinkering; nation-states produce bureaucracies, empty suits, Bernankes, deficits, and the toobigtofail. Too obvious.

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nntaleb: City-states organize by tinkering; nation-states produce bureaucracies, empty suits, Bernankes, deficits, and the toobigtofail. Too obvious.

nntaleb: answ:[ If you can't detect (w/out understanding) the difference betw sacred & profane you'll never know what religion means. Same with art ]

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nntaleb: answ:[ If you can't detect (w/out understanding) the difference betw sacred & profane you'll never know what religion means. Same with art ]

nntaleb: Atheism/materialism means treating the dead as if they were unborn. I won’t. By respecting the sacred you reinvent religion.

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nntaleb: Atheism/materialism means treating the dead as if they were unborn. I won't. By respecting the sacred you reinvent religion.

nntaleb: A idiot-economist said “all models are wrong, some are useful”; shd be “Most models are wrong, some are dangerous; try to know where”.

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nntaleb: A idiot-economist said "all models are wrong, some are useful"; shd be "Most models are wrong, some are dangerous; try to know where".

nntaleb: I wonder if a lion (or a cannibal) would pay a high premium for free-range humans. [modern bondage]

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nntaleb: I wonder if a lion (or a cannibal) would pay a high premium for free-range humans. [modern bondage]

nntaleb: Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

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nntaleb: Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

First Lecture in the Philosophy of Probability

As mentioned in an earlier Tweet from NNT, here’s the link to his recent Princeton philosophy dept. lecture. Title suggests there will be more. Certainly hope so, although for the more general ‘reader’ such as myself, I do wish someone would create a ‘Fat Tony’ version notes page.

http://fooledbyrandomness.com/philo-lecture.htm

For some reason the audio file (direct download link) is in Windows Media format, which on Ye Olde travel Mac anyway did play with the VLC media player.
HatTip to Dave Lull

 

nntaleb: You know you have influence when people start noticing your absence more than the presence of others.

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nntaleb: You know you have influence when people start noticing your absence more than the presence of others.