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Umberto Eco, Yiddish Proverbs, Citi, John Gray, Popper, Hayek, Bryan Appleyard, Flaneuring | Twitter

@nntaleb RIP, Umberto Eco Ad vitam aeternam Permalink 4:09 PM – 19 Feb 2016 @nntaleb The reason we decided to not respond to this idiot. @nickgillespie pic.twitter.com/h4eIZfvpid Permalink 2:45 PM – 19 Feb 2016 @nntaleb The Qatari/Saudi-funded BS promoted by Obamistic bureaucrats we hear about the Syrian opposition: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html   Permalink 1:27 PM – 19 […]

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John Gray and @nntaleb compose a tweet pic.twitter.com/KFZZRWJE1h — Bryan Appleyard (@BryanAppleyard) February 17, 2016 HatTip to Dave Lull

Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Bryan Appleyard tickets, dates. Official Ticketmaster site.

Let the book tour begin! HatTip to Dave Lull. Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Bryan Appleyard  Nov 26Mon Union Chapel London, GB 19:00 via Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Bryan Appleyard tickets, dates. Official Ticketmaster site..

Bryan Appleyard » What ‘Plebs’ Really Means

That something is buried in the word ‘culture’. As Nassim Nicholas Taleb was arguing passionately at dinner last night, a man without culture is not really capable of understanding anything. Bankers did not just make themselves vile by abandoning their culture, they also made themselves incompetent. Lost in their culture-free abstractions, they all went bust. […]

Nassim at Lunch | Bryan Appleyard

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I had lunch with Nassim on Friday. He is one of the most intellectually gripping men on the planet. He is also full of helpful advice, based on Pareto distributions and other such exotica, on how to live…