Certainly resonates with the current situation.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on CNBC 2008
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
The Black Swan Event TICKET « powerHouse Arena
Shared by JohnH
Hope somebody records it.
The powerHouse Arena is pleased to
invite you AN EXCLUSIVE and RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE of
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
In conversation with Gloria Origgi, noted philospher and cultural theorist
With Q&A
Signing NEWLY REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION of
The Black Swan:
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
With NEW SECTION “ON ROBUSTNESS AND FRAGILITY”
On-Sale Date Nationwide May 11
Tuesday, May 11, 7–9PM
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Tickets: $10 Book: $17.95; limited copies available.
Logical Fallacies – Jan Irving Interviews Dr. Michael Labossiere
From Jan Irving’s mostly excellent Gnostic Media podcast.
What would happen if everyone in society received an immunization against all of today’s media and political propaganda? Is there a simple, logical process to arm ourselves against such attempts at mind manipulation and control? What if you had the ability to quickly and easily break down words and sentences to identify lies and untruths and propaganda? What do grammar and rhetoric have to do with logic and critical thinking, or, for that matter, marketing, PR and propaganda spin, and more importantly, exactly how can they help you? If someone presents evidence of a claim, do you have a mental duty to study it before you attack it? How can we make our minds sharper? Is it possible to level the playing field against corporate and government propaganda by creating a critical thinking meme?
[Note actual interview starts at 8 minute mark.]
Michale Lebossiere also has a great reference page with a list and description of common logical fallacies here.
May 2010 Nassim Taleb Interview with Russ Roberts EconTalk.org
This is the third Russ Roberts Econtalk.org interview which took place just before the April 2010 release of the second edition of The Black Swan.
2010 Taleb on Black Swans, Fragility, and Mistakes.
Very interesting to listen to all three interviews in sequence.
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The Black Swan – Tyrone Power Maureen O’Hara
Squint your eyes and the metaphor almost fits. HatTip to EG.
Grand seafaring saga stars Tyrone Power as a 17th-century pirate who, along with his captain, Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar), reforms and moves to Jamaica in order to free the island from attacks by fellow freebooters George Sanders and Anthony Quinn. Maureen O’Hara is Power’s love interest in this Oscar-winning swashbuckler.