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The only noteworthy correction I made in the 1900 pages of the INCERTO

The only noteworthy correction I made in the 1900 pages of the INCERTO, written over 18 years, which should come out as single unit: “To Benoit Mandelbrot, a Greek among Romans” [The Black Swan, 2007] to “To Benoit Mandelbrot, a Roman among Greeks” As I came to realize that the Romans were noBS FatTonies; they […]

Nassim Taleb Educates a Quant

Now you all know I’m a Taleb super-fan, but this video is excellent and hilarious. It’s not going to mean much to the general public, but to those of us following the argument it’s genius. Would love to watch NNT’s face as he saw it for the first time. I like to think that he’d get a few laughs out of it as well, but who knows?

Benoit Mandelbrot, 1924-2010

In May, Nassim Taleb Tweeted, “Mandelbrot’s genius is in achieving aesthetic simplicity without having recourse to smoothness; producing harmony in highly jagged surfaces”

The REAL Maverick: Present Economy worse than Depression


10/21/08: PBS NEWS HOUR Interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, famous economist and author of “The Black Swan” and Dr. Mandelbrot, professor of …

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