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Those who ask for…

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Those who ask for pity are rarely those who would feel it for others. via Those who ask for… | Facebook.

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N N Taleb “Nassim N Taleb”‘s review of Free The Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With Th…

Monday, January 30, 2012

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:5.0 out of 5 stars charming and motivating, January 28, 2012By: N N Taleb “Nassim N Taleb” This review is from: Free The Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With The Paleo Diet (Kindle Edition) A charming primer on the paleo idea, with an illustration through the authors […]

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Non-Sissy Uncertainty: Why I Inflict Nassim “Black Swan” Taleb on My Students | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network

Monday, January 30, 2012

More follow-up from NNT’s recent Stevens Institute talk.HatTip to Dave Lull. Here’s a quote from the prologue of Antifragility, which should give you a sense of Taleb’s substance and style: “This book is about how to domesticate, even dominate, even conquer, the impenetrable, the unseen, the non-understood, the opaque, the perplexing, and the inexplicable. Wind […]

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A complaint is…

Sunday, January 29, 2012

A complaint is the expression of the relative weakness of the complainer. via A complaint is the… | Facebook.

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The first, and hardest, step to wisdom…

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The first, and hardest, step to wisdom: avert the standard assumption that people know what they want. (via negativa). via The first, and… | Facebook.

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