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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.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

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

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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

Friday, February 26, 2010

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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 ]
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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.

Friday, February 26, 2010

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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.
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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”.

Friday, February 26, 2010

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

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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nntaleb: Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.
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First Lecture in the Philosophy of Probability

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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

 

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

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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