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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Pranks, Punk and Industrial Culture from V. Vale | V. Vale RE/Search newsletter JANUARY twenty-ten

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Funny to find NNT on this list of 2010 resolutions from V. Vale, publisher of RESearch (one of my favorite books ever, PRANKS,)along side of Kunstler (peak oil, collapse, http://www.kunstler.com), Ruppert (Collapse, http://www.youtub…

The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City – NYTimes.com

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HatTip to Dave Lull.Context is the Paleo Diet.I first read about Taleb’s approach to health and fitness in this interview he did with Tim Penn. http://knackeredhack.com/2007/05/15/caveman-lunch-with-taleb/
β€œNew York is the only cit…

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2009β€” Page 1

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NASSIM N. TALEB
Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, NYU-Poly; Principal, Universa Investments; Author, The Black Swan

THE DEGRADATION OF PREDICTABILITY β€” AND KNOWLEDGE

George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead

Did you know that Soros studied with Popper? I’m half way through this 5 part series where George Soros discusses his philosophy and it’s applications. Here’s the introduction: You can find the entire video series at the Financial Times site. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/668e074a-bf24-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?_i_referralObject=11135588&fromSearch=nYou can also subscribe to the Open Society Institute podcast in iTunes. (Link will open […]

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Robust Risk Management With Wilmott And Taleb
AN EXCLUSIVE TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
PAUL WILMOTT & NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
20th/21st January 2010
LO…