{"id":8716,"date":"2017-09-25T23:23:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T06:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2017-09-25T23:23:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T06:23:33","slug":"eric-weinstein-nyt-education-pippa-malgren-palanga-historians-kurds-monsanto-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/eric-weinstein-nyt-education-pippa-malgren-palanga-historians-kurds-monsanto-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Weinstein, NYT, Education, Pippa Malgren, Palanga, Historians, Kurds, Monsanto | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lecturing on catastrophic\/tail risks in Bermuda. When in Rome&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oWs7NNwtJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/oWs7NNwtJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910105676835377154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>@mikeandallie @nntaleb recommended this book 3 weeks ago. This chart in the beginning explains a puzzle I&#8217;ve wondered about in insurance for 15 years.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xLpjl3dQkt\"> pic.twitter.com\/xLpjl3dQkt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mikeandallie\/status\/912462263499591681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:42 PM &#8211; 25 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@yaneerbaryam #AI: Using it and consequences for business risk &amp; opportunity w\/ @nntaleb @alex_pentland scholarships available: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dUP9gDA \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dUP9gDA <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/912423924171988993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:09 PM &#8211; 25 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Just a reminder that we&#8217;ve survived 13 centuries.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/912303968344211456 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/912303968344211456 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/912333613697511424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:10 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Byzantine hymns in Greek in Amioun yesterday.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iJ1uWZxBoe\"> pic.twitter.com\/iJ1uWZxBoe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/912303968344211456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:13 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@FriedrichHayek Whatever you think of Taleb, he grabs on to core problems that others ignore or don\u2019t see and shakes them like an attack dog on a leg.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911948333085872128 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911948333085872128 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FriedrichHayek\/status\/912009069862428672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:41 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@chelenki @nntaleb just about died laughing reading this review on #blackswan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmznMovieRevws\/status\/911624254558367744 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmznMovieRevws\/status\/911624254558367744 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelenki\/status\/912001895442522112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:12 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I am dumb when I don&#8217;t have skin in the game.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ZsGZyJe1NU\"> pic.twitter.com\/ZsGZyJe1NU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911948333085872128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:40 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@VanessaBeeley New York first responders connect to #AlQaeda, you know the group they think is behind 9\/11. #World_gone_Mad @21WIRE @RenieriArts<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayorsCAU\/status\/911622888482099201 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayorsCAU\/status\/911622888482099201 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/VanessaBeeley\/status\/911902441486127104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:37 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And the Solid Eric Weinstein is misquoted in same NYT article. Anyone who cites the NYT has a pbm.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricRWeinstein\/status\/911665817762148352 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricRWeinstein\/status\/911665817762148352 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911711847501398016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:00 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-facts-are-true-the-news-is-fake-5bf98104cea2 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-facts-are-true-the-news-is-fake-5bf98104cea2 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911709191500333056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:49 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This GROSS misrepresentation by NYT is the reason I will not pre-release my book to them for reviews. They will have to buy it after publ.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911705844882051073 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911705844882051073 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911708616822083585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:47 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb NYT misrepresents thesis as &#8220;biologically less capable of engineering.&#8221; NYT has pbms in reading comprehension!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2yjYlL6 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2yjYlL6 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911705844882051073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:36 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Fact checking something for the book. Do royals have to take more risks during war?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/XDHUs9PYK9\"> pic.twitter.com\/XDHUs9PYK9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911692298102231040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:42 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The picture in the thread is at Heathrow. U.K. raises tons of cash by marketing to label- conscious Gucci- wearing rich foreigners w\/kids. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911569925260451841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:36 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb What I mean by &#8220;education&#8221; is the current institutional framework. It bears less &amp; less resemblance to its historical antecedents. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911567055425380352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:24 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Education needs to KEEP proving itself. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911556610992025600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb No. Education was, at some point great, fast becoming rent-seeking for a group of parasites IYIs who indoctrinate our youths.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/IklI1CYsp0\"> pic.twitter.com\/IklI1CYsp0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911556082417401856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:41 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Observe the variability between individuals &gt; variability in age (distrib of age). The same applies to mental sharpness.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MongoAggression\/status\/911369414053847041 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MongoAggression\/status\/911369414053847041 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911372555277275136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:32 PM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@andrejpwalker Any Conservative who had put 40,000 (mostly) immigrant workers on the dole in one pen stroke would&#8217;ve been RUINED for it. #Uber @SadiqKhan<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WNE2agcw72\"> pic.twitter.com\/WNE2agcw72<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/andrejpwalker\/status\/911335057004093447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:03 PM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@johnabarnes32 Editing a @nntaleb aphorism: don&#8217;t take someone&#8217;s book recommendation seriously unless he&#8217;s read it twice. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/johnabarnes32\/status\/911273153992712192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:57 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Minority rule in action. One Polish, one Lithuanian, one Latvian, 3 neighboring countries, conversing in English. (With permission).<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/VarPydi6JC\"> pic.twitter.com\/VarPydi6JC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911256927304388609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Now that the book is finished (sort of), I can do probability for entertainment.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iqurPT7zlh\"> pic.twitter.com\/iqurPT7zlh<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911236204875612160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@thackerpd .@dannyhakim story on #Monsanto &amp; dicamba link to this video looking at #dicamba impacts across America<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/232115660 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/232115660 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/thackerpd\/status\/911229033240817664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:01 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@DineshDSouza This reads like a parody but apparently isn&#8217;t&#8211;they&#8217;re even more crooked than we thought<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwilli1046\/status\/911059276554280960 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwilli1046\/status\/911059276554280960 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/911217523277860865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:16 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Dr&#8221; please show me a SINGLE paper by historians not misestimating violence. A single one will do. Tawkers&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911193259581542400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:39 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath Curious #mahfact<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelGWalters\/status\/911086139590578178 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelGWalters\/status\/911086139590578178 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/911191063938965504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:30 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Abandoned swimming pool.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/02dS3DAsrN\"> pic.twitter.com\/02dS3DAsrN<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911189095585599488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:23 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Tourism: visiting abandoned Soviet structures in Lithuania. #Realworld tourism.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/oivAeIXkAK\"> pic.twitter.com\/oivAeIXkAK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911181589320687616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:53 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Pippa Malgren @DrPippaM took a break from signing, so I signed a few of her books.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/QtPVDyavkL\"> pic.twitter.com\/QtPVDyavkL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911169452951130113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:05 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This link between Marathon and &#8220;saving&#8221; Western Civilization is what I call overfitting. History is largely bullshitters.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehistoryguy\/status\/910966259629592576 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehistoryguy\/status\/910966259629592576 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/911026268237385728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:36 PM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) The strategy of Monsanto-funded smear campaigners like Dietwald Claus is to wait for someone to attack someone then come in w\/remarks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910941992078725120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:01 PM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I know, calling &#8220;idiot&#8221; someone who is not an MD &amp; reads archives for a living, yet has &#8220;Dr&#8221; in his twitter handle would hurrrrrrrrrrrrrt. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910897023246839809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:02 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Another idiot who probably overfits without knowing it is a bad thing.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernardWilkin\/status\/910889204288311296 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernardWilkin\/status\/910889204288311296 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910889709592858624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:33 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I actually mean historians are worse: they don&#8217;t understand what &#8220;overfitting&#8221; means &amp; think by doing it they are &#8220;sophisticated&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910884920226140160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:14 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Thalassa! After a long walk in the pine forest, the Baltic Sea.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/kcTT4R6Jxv\"> pic.twitter.com\/kcTT4R6Jxv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910852806546018304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:06 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mr Pullman is a bullshit vendor, so you need to help him out a bit. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910842021119700992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb #Antifragile<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianAssange\/status\/910833182966272001 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianAssange\/status\/910833182966272001 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910834793385996289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:55 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And if historians keep saying &#8220;no, we don&#8217;t overfit&#8221;, answer: well&#8230; yes you do overfit &amp; don&#8217;t know it. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910810751090208768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:19 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Can someone answer that idiot?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickhassey\/status\/910785313311686656 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickhassey\/status\/910785313311686656 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910801774386335744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:43 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Palanga, Lithuania. About to start my lektchur.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/IzYnrBgFUF\"> pic.twitter.com\/IzYnrBgFUF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910775470014078976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:59 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Typical overfitting by&#8230;historians. This was written before.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lottelydia\/status\/910769747725307904 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lottelydia\/status\/910769747725307904 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910770240526487552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:38 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Why are you so dishonest as to validate my point abt historians? Answer THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910767499951476736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:27 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Another ignorant-ignorant of their ignorance:@carolinepennock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910758618517135360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:52 PM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The remarkable ability of people of being so ignorant as to not understand the charges of ignorance levelled at them <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSKBarker\/status\/910754938573266945 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSKBarker\/status\/910754938573266945 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910757318400380928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:47 PM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Even better, wait 1 week minimum before answering nonimmediate mail. Best is 1 month.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenFleming\/status\/910746347346604032 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenFleming\/status\/910746347346604032 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910747498842611712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:08 PM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Our synthesis of pbm w\/historiography. Another one on misestimations on the way. @BenedictEvans is an idiot. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910745792671076352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:01 PM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Benedict Evans @BenedictEvans is an imbecile who just throws words without knowing what he is talking about. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315## <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenedictEvans\/status\/910716132675293186 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenedictEvans\/status\/910716132675293186 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910744959183212544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:58 PM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Give someone an inch, they will ask for a mile. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910503666762833920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:59 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb After the Kurds (eventually) get their state, you can imagine a breakup of Turkey.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshua_landis\/status\/910490777658314753 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshua_landis\/status\/910490777658314753 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910492228321255425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:13 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb When you want a fool to teach your children how to NOT think, Monbiot works well. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910476144490803200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:10 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@GuruAnaerobic I think this qualifies as one of @nntaleb&#8217;s &#8220;literalists&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeMonbiot\/status\/910462575720239104 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeMonbiot\/status\/910462575720239104 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GuruAnaerobic\/status\/910474328436862976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:02 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@byzantinepower Don&#8217;t claim to be &#8220;woke&#8221; if u haven&#8217;t got this book #Byzantium<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/CbY0kD7X24\"> pic.twitter.com\/CbY0kD7X24<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/byzantinepower\/status\/910472878658920449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:57 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb They also teach them to lie. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atif_rz\/status\/910239153018642432 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/atif_rz\/status\/910239153018642432 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910279866905513990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:10 PM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@francispouliot_ Thanks to @nntaleb and @EconTalker for inspiring this essay on emergent order and antifragility. Thanks Bitcoin ecosystem for making it real<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francispouliot_\/status\/910203565297291264 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/francispouliot_\/status\/910203565297291264 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/francispouliot_\/status\/910209254258245632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:29 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb There is something common to modern &#8220;liberal&#8221; and Sunni-Salafi education: They teach students answers rather than how to ask questions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910175012337934336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:13 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@garyruskin How #Monsanto Manufactured &#8216;Outrage&#8217; at #Glyphosate Cancer Classification It Expected <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hfxY69 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hfxY69 <\/a>\u00a0 by @careygillam @USRightToKnow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/garyruskin\/status\/910166797961138177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:40 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Lecturing on catastrophic\/tail risks in Bermuda. When in Rome&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/oWs7NNwtJ4\"> pic.twitter.com\/oWs7NNwtJ4<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910105676835377154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:37 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem of SJW, universalists, globalists, Islamists, neo-atheists, and modernists is that they take everything, every word) literally. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/910082341703471104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:05 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The point is not that @peterdaou has the IQ of a cauliflower. It&#8217;s that the press is 1) a monoculture, 2) dying a slow but certain death. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamjohnsonnyc\/status\/909907008614289408 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamjohnsonnyc\/status\/909907008614289408 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909909903518597120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:40 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Copy editors are English majors victims of thought police&#8230; One wanted to change &#8220;American-style Options&#8221; to &#8220;U.S.-style&#8221; as more PC. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909839117185425408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@martyrmade As @johnrobb points out, this cartoon is no analogy for political\/financial\/journalism experts because pilots have skin in the game @nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/c5B70r4CQd\"> pic.twitter.com\/c5B70r4CQd<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/martyrmade\/status\/909835494954999808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Corrected. I tend to post on twitter without even rereading.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/u3JXovmpZe\"> pic.twitter.com\/u3JXovmpZe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909761914456207360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:51 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Organization of the book.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/0rkjPy8q8E\"> pic.twitter.com\/0rkjPy8q8E<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909759241954758656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:41 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@sentantiq \u201cWhen the government is at its most corrupt, the more laws [there are].\u201d corruptissima re publica plurimae leges #Tacitus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sentantiq\/status\/909556070229692416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:14 PM &#8211; 17 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Classical misestimation and biases by historians: history is anecdotes + BS + hearsay+ occasional truths&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908280018320723968 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908280018320723968 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909394349255008256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:31 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Fiction vs Nonfiction, go with fiction.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paul_jorgenson\/status\/909390775900884992 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/paul_jorgenson\/status\/909390775900884992 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/909391745410007041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:21 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@turlevnon #syriac_calendar<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/AsCBvcUHvP\"> pic.twitter.com\/AsCBvcUHvP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/turlevnon\/status\/909289674040074240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:35 PM &#8211; 16 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I am adding this to Skin In the Game. Anyone knows a good translator of TEX into Word?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/JLZLIjPcpc\"> pic.twitter.com\/JLZLIjPcpc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908814390803226624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:06 PM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The highest compliment. But I wonder which group I personally fall into.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sensecurator\/status\/908745783985315840 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sensecurator\/status\/908745783985315840 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908808914594140160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:45 PM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@pauld1981 Symmetry you&#8217;re poor: they can corrupt u by giving you money -cheap you&#8217;re rich: they can corrupt u by not confiscating your money -cheaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/pauld1981\/status\/908766265904291842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:55 AM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Now that the book is done: Writing is 95% walking, 5% sitting. Mathematics is 95% sitting, 5% walking. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908747703450030080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:41 AM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@ThalesLives Ever since reading @nntaleb&#8217;s books and articles, my bullshit detector has been much improved. If you haven&#8217;t read his work yet, do so. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ThalesLives\/status\/908739918465310720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:10 AM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Friday Follow: @CutTheKnotMath for mathematical brainteasers. Like finding a parking spot in NY, never easy, never impossible #TwitterMath<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/908353890701242369 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/908353890701242369 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908717308964671489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:41 AM &#8211; 15 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Little by little, a file on the behavior of MSM w\/r to Syria is being built.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/catoletters\/status\/908428948513714176 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/catoletters\/status\/908428948513714176 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908432104245071872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:47 PM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Friends, any translation of this (tarqtu&#8217;l khalqa tarran&#8230;)? Thanks<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/BDm9loTqYh\"> pic.twitter.com\/BDm9loTqYh<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908390545650851841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:02 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@philipbstark 1\/ Probs w #GMO crops not just farm practices &amp; herbicides: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/AlteredGenesTwistedTruthByStevenDrukerHD1080p \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/AlteredGenesTwistedTruthByStevenDrukerHD1080p <\/a>\u00a0 .@nntaleb .@bittman .@UCBerkeleyFood @michaelpollan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/philipbstark\/status\/908355259499560961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:42 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@Biixi001 Can U believe!? NewYorker just outed @nntaleb &#8211; not just flaneuring\/chasing lost wisdom&amp;IYIs, also taking care of lost property in Paris<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/3x8jH4z4VN\"> pic.twitter.com\/3x8jH4z4VN<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Biixi001\/status\/908344709646561280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:00 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908339994011607040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:41 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So Mr Makram Rabah, pls explain why your work should be read when: You (willfully) mislabel You fabricate facts You lie on your resum\u00e9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908303056735019013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:14 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This expression @ektrit you seem to attribute to Saint Morcos of Ephesus. True?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/LnDAVM8EvY\"> pic.twitter.com\/LnDAVM8EvY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908287620890939392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:13 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Historians focus on the lurid and discount absence of evidence, with huge distortions in accounts.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/YePixIeYa5\"> pic.twitter.com\/YePixIeYa5<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/908280018320723968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:43 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2017<\/p>\n<p>@DavidDuPouy Antifragile is BIG in Japan @nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/E2VhpCqLRe\"> pic.twitter.com\/E2VhpCqLRe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DavidDuPouy\/status\/908121276484509696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:12 PM &#8211; 13 Sep 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecturing on catastrophic\/tail risks in Bermuda. When in Rome&#8230; pic.twitter.com\/oWs7NNwtJ4 &mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) September 19, 2017 @mikeandallie @nntaleb recommended this book 3 weeks ago. This chart in the beginning explains a puzzle I&#8217;ve wondered about in insurance for 15 years. pic.twitter.com\/xLpjl3dQkt Permalink 4:42 PM &#8211; 25 Sep 2017 @yaneerbaryam #AI: Using it and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[547,1540,1543,1544,823,784,1542,1541],"class_list":["post-8716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-education","tag-eric-weinstein","tag-historians","tag-kurds","tag-monsanto","tag-nyt","tag-palanga","tag-pippa-malgren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8717,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/8717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}