Friends, thanks to the requests, here is the first in a mini-tutorial series. Subject: Fat Tails.
corrected video version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45E8_jkyJc&feature=youtu.be
Mini Tutorial 1, Fat Tails Simplified in 8 1/2 minutes
A quick tutorial introducing the idea of Fat Tails in about 8 minutes, as simply as possible. Fat Tails make us understand the world much less than we think.
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A General Definition of Fragility (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)A definition of fragility from Part V of Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and technical papers. This is simplified.
A Micro-Mooc that explains fragility in… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Facebook.
A test MOOC. Please let me know what points I should also MOOC.
Thanks in advance, friends.Antifragility and Dose-Response in Nature ( Nassim Taleb’s Antifragile) This is a test for a Mooc. The aim is an intuitive discussion of technical points in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile.
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The author and philosopher and the Ogilvy Group UK vice-chairman join John Plunkett at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to discuss how ideas relating to resilience, uncertainty, randomness and variation can apply to the advertising industry. They look at how the ’80/20′ theory of resource allocation can lead to disproportionate gains for minimal risk