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The Video of the NYPL Conversation with Daniel Kahneman

Friday, February 22, 2013

Covered the audio version of this earlier on the blog. The Video of the NYPL Conversation with Daniel Kahneman is posted here (with transcripts). Note this is the 2nd time I’ve posted a link to the recording of a past event. And note that Kahneman figured out who Fat Tony was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMBclvY_EMA via The Video […]

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Nassim Taleb & Danny Kahneman NYPL Live February 5, 2013

Thursday, February 7, 2013

This is an audio player from NYPL Live. (Perhaps it will turn into a video player later.) The conversation took place at the New York Public Library February 5, 2013. You can also download the audio here. SOLD OUT! How do we — as individuals and as communities — make decisions when faced with uncertainty, […]

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Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman: Black Swan Shows Fragility under Heavy Weight of Anchoring | Enterprising Investor

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Interestingly, each man was asked to write a biography of seven words or less. Taleb described himself as: “Convexity. Mental probabilistic heuristics approach to uncertainty.” Kahneman apparently pleaded with the moderator to only use five words, which were: “Endlessly amused by people’s minds.” Not surprisingly these two autobiographies are descriptive of the two men’s bodies […]

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