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Bill Gates, Psychologists, Academics, Baalbeck, Revenge, Amsterdam , Quillette, Pinker, Napoleon, Kashkari, Bayer | Twitter

@nntaleb We should move the bulk of civil servants to Alaska. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1139349756017143808   Permalink 6:55 AM – 15 Jun 2019 @nntaleb pic.twitter.com/E9SW6hmxy8 Permalink 3:10 PM – 14 Jun 2019 @nntaleb Thanks to @NonMeek, an explanation of the point. pic.twitter.com/03aWOhj6kO Permalink 1:56 PM – 14 Jun 2019 @nntaleb I managed to fool 6000 people yesterday. https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1139184456856678400 […]

Russians, Old Arbat, Academics, Twitter, Sunstein, Friedman, The “LEFT”, Taxes, “irrationality”, Intolerance – Twitter

MockbaMany many Russians interested in Antikhtupkim and disorder…Was told there is no Russian recipe for squid ink. pic.twitter.com/gfIIYLjvO4 — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 27, 2017 @nntaleb It is very dangerous for intelligent people to be paranoid. In The Black Swan, 11 years ago pic.twitter.com/De5Di711my Permalink 5:48 PM – 29 Nov 2017 @nntaleb The Russian […]

My point is not just that real humans…

My point is not just that real humans capture the world with less adorned/narrated bullshit than academics. What distinguishes the real human from the academic is not experience, but rather the AntiFragile convex risktaking mindset that led to have experience in the first place. (Obviously the point doesn’t affect matters that are meant to be […]