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Monthly Archives: March 2014

If your beard is gray, produce heuristics/advice…

If your beard is gray, produce heuristics/advice but explain the “why”. If your beard is white, skip the why, just say what should be done. Skip the why. via If your beard is gray, produce heuristics/advice… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Humans need to complain just as they need to breathe…

Humans need to complain just as they need to breathe. Never stop them; just manipulate them by controlling what they complain about & supply them with reasons to complain.They will complain but will be thankful. via Humans need to complain just as they need to… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Daniel Kahneman – BBC – Start the Week

Daniel Kahneman, Henry Marsh, Michael Ignatieff and Lisa Appignanesi – 17th March 2014Mon, Duration:42 minsTom Sutcliffe discusses how we make decisions with the Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman. Moral choices in politics can be a complicated business, according to the academic and former politician Michael Ignatieff, who explores whether the age of international intervention is […]

Evidence is poor risk management.

Evidence is poor risk management. Here is a table strange I didn’t think of framing things this way. via Timeline Photos – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

The adage “magna civitas magna solitudo”…

LARGE CITIES The adage “magna civitas magna solitudo” (big city, big solitude) started in Arcadia, referring to a “large” city that would be smaller than today’s small towns. Not Sao Paulo. via LARGE CITIES The adage “magna civitas magna… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.