{"id":8781,"date":"2018-03-12T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:15:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T23:15:43","slug":"fat-tony-revenge-soulinthegame-saudi-barbaria-virtue-yo-pinker-aramaic-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/fat-tony-revenge-soulinthegame-saudi-barbaria-virtue-yo-pinker-aramaic-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Tony, Revenge, #Soulinthegame, Saudi Barbaria, Virtue, Yo Pinker, Aramaic | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI hope for Goldman Sachs\u2019 bankruptcy\u201d: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IlSm6ZJlir\">https:\/\/t.co\/IlSm6ZJlir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971714718812508160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The definition of a home: you are happy when you leave and you are also happy when you return. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/973317076357132288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:57 PM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb He has a surprise at the end! #Skininthegame<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philipdevroe\/status\/973306516521541634 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/philipdevroe\/status\/973306516521541634 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/973313676810899459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:43 PM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Yet they let into the UK the Clown Prince of Saudi Barbaria.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caphoratius\/status\/973285051050921985 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/caphoratius\/status\/973285051050921985 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/973310046141591554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:29 PM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Friends, the NYT visibly reads this and CARES about SoschialMeedya as they CHANGED the book description in response to my online criticism&#8230; (Thet don&#8217;t like to be called idiots).<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xcFuMVGA7X\"> pic.twitter.com\/xcFuMVGA7X<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/973283672320364544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:44 PM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@RalphNader Ralph interviews Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) about his new book, \u2018Skin in the Game,\u201d about the role risk and reward plays not only in politics, but also our daily lives <a href=\"https:\/\/ralphnaderradiohour.com\/skin-in-the-game\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ralphnaderradiohour.com\/skin-in-the-game\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/RalphNader\/status\/973246931400093697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:18 AM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo Another preview of the forthcoming work with @nntaleb. Take the number of conflicts in 1800-2000 with 500k+ casualties, using actual (rescaled by coeval population) data. 1800-1850: 5 (14) 1851-1900: 8 (20) 1901-1950: 14 (25) 1951-2000: 16 (20) Increase, decrease, the same? Test? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/973227601434202112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:01 AM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@schotz Had someone come up to me and ask if I was Nassim Taleb. Found him on twitter (@nntaleb). Definitely my twitter Doppelganger. And he&#8217;s a stats guy! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/schotz\/status\/973198357173882880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:05 AM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I will be presenting: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1802.05495.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1802.05495.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 2) Something from the Fat tails project w\/@DrCirillo<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NECSI\/status\/973195835201740800 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NECSI\/status\/973195835201740800 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/973197385127129088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:01 AM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ggreenwald There is now reportedly &#8220;doubt&#8221; about whether Mohammad bin Salman, in attacking other Saudi royals, was genuinely motivated by &#8220;a transparent, legal anti-corruption effort.&#8221; Did anyone other than Tom Friedman &amp; David Ignatius not doubt this?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/SdsPwQRduM\"> pic.twitter.com\/SdsPwQRduM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/973168845232984064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:08 AM &#8211; 12 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Doggedly determined revenge, particularly when delayed (and unexpected), is not a tit-for-tat to prevent repetition; it is to show others what to expect. Mediterraneans like revenge to be &#8220;a dish you try to only eat when cold&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972925993768939521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:03 PM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Now @realDonaldTrump why are you ignoring very valuable and realistic economic advice from @JustinWolfers who makes a living from &#8230; charitable contributions? #Skininthegame<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWolfers\/status\/972885021118947330 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWolfers\/status\/972885021118947330 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972920139174875136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:40 PM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Sorry, correction for typo: &#8220;long after he has forgotten about it&#8221; shoud be &#8220;long after he fuhgodaboudit&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972888021090619397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:32 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Start by being warm, pleasant, &amp; generous w\/every person you meet; but if someone tries to exercise power over you, exercise power over him; &amp; if he messes w\/you, remember to keep messing w\/him long after he has forgotten about it&#8221;. Silver Rule of Fat Tony in #SkinInTheGame <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972887563164946432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:30 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@danielnyari the contention about campus free speech activism was always about the minority mob, not whether it&#8217;s widespread. straw-man. The question is whether the minority rule matters in influencing the majority. I think @nntaleb has answered that quite eloquently.<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/danielnyari\/status\/972864163222614016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:57 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@jw_excel Graduate confirms @nntaleb&#8217;s view of business degrees by suing her university for \u00a360,000 over her &#8216;Mickey Mouse&#8217; degree in international business strategy.<a href=\"http:\/\/dailym.ai\/2tE7DV2 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dailym.ai\/2tE7DV2 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jw_excel\/status\/972819161171685376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:58 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) THREAD I am reading B****t Jobs by @davidgraeber. Effectively if you have the soul of an artisan (cabinet maker), working as paper shuffler will make you miserable. Note that 10% of Americans are self employed, numbers dropping w\/modernity. #Soulinthegame = artisan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972818082073858048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:54 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Imbecile, 1) how do you know it is &#8220;ripping the book apart&#8221; if you read the review NOT the book? 2) Replace &#8220;war&#8221; with &#8220;violence&#8221; as this is the context. 3) Pleaaaaaaaase do NOT read my book as you are not fit to read books. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972802928426790913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:54 AM &#8211; 11 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GKeferstein I am a doctor. Same in field of medicine. Currently it&#8217;s 30% practice and 70% academia. Should be 80% practice and 20% academia. Medicine is a craft. Education should be treated as such. There should be doctors and medical scientist. Different fields. Different paths. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GKeferstein\/status\/972630313250598912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:28 PM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@zeinshami11 @nntaleb They\u2019ve been reading antifragile in Europe<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voxdotcom\/status\/972619359834210305 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/voxdotcom\/status\/972619359834210305 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/zeinshami11\/status\/972622470057512961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:57 PM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb How <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972608206047498242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:00 PM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Imagine that someone else than @realDonaldTrump were elected &amp; did EXACTLY the same things he did \u2014except that the statements &amp; tweets were speechwritten by Obama. What would have MSM reacted? #Skininthegame = observe actions not tawk <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972607585223368711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:58 PM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Why is it that academics and people who tawk and never do have trouble with the notion of #Skininthegame? They mistake incentives for &#8230; evolution. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decision_spark\/status\/954021123850633216 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/decision_spark\/status\/954021123850633216 <\/a>\u00a0 All: @CFCamerer, @PTetlock, @R_Thaler @decision_spark klueeeeless. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972544720911192065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:48 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This propaganda from Saudi Barbaria won&#8217;t work. We have BRONZE AGE genes, current genes and no match in DNA to this BS. @PZalloua<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abunass3r\/status\/972481465807142918 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abunass3r\/status\/972481465807142918 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972516619439214593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:56 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb @shahanSean <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972512318109175809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:39 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb We know from DNA that this map of &#8220;Arab tribes&#8221; is a fabrication. Complete fabrication.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abdm7771\/status\/972468717153120258 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/abdm7771\/status\/972468717153120258 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972512118263222272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Maybe the @FT&#8217;s @johngapper should have done his homework and spoken to judges (I did). Or read comments on judges on the book. Or perhaps just read the book.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hwtnnn\/status\/972507365407936513 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/hwtnnn\/status\/972507365407936513 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972508298699296768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:23 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@SJosephBurns \u201cTraders, when they make profits, have short communications; when they lose they drown you in details, theories, and charts.\u201d &#8211; @nntaleb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SJosephBurns\/status\/972507391177711616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:20 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb \u201cThe Skin in the Game Derangement Syndrome\u201d (RENAMED)<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-controversy-around-skin-in-the-game-6d46416ee47f \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-controversy-around-skin-in-the-game-6d46416ee47f <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972489219938676736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:07 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The New Testament was written in what Nietzsche calls the &#8220;bad Greek&#8221; of Syria, in Antioch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972442231901773824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:01 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Christianity was born in Syria. Remember.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/972250427277398017 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/972250427277398017 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972435982787252229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:36 AM &#8211; 10 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@financequant Another example that dealing with fat tails requires a different set of tools than those taught in &#8220;standard&#8221; probability and statistics. Many decisions, particularly in governments and in quasi-government NGOs, are based on deeply flawed interpretations of the data.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972089907991711746 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972089907991711746 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/financequant\/status\/972243998340472833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:53 PM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/share.podclipper.com\/econtalk-nassim-nicholas-taleb-on-rationality-risk-and-skin-in-the-game.html?start_ms=610820&amp;end_ms=732610 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/share.podclipper.com\/econtalk-nassim-nicholas-taleb-on-rationality-risk-and-skin-in-the-game.html?start_ms=610820&amp;end_ms=732610 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972200435124666370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:00 PM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Who is this Boss, @desertnaut?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/desertnaut\/status\/972168770012827648 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/desertnaut\/status\/972168770012827648 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972171692972920832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:06 AM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mr Giligan, @tomgilligan, director of @HooverInst can you confirm whether you support scientific fraud\/misconduct by your fellow Henry I. Miller @henryImiller? (see thread) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972152554556657664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:50 AM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@haghadi &#8220;The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding.&#8221; ~ @nntaleb #skininthegame <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/haghadi\/status\/972118460472832000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:34 AM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb These women took risk. Virtue resides in risk taking, not in signaling\/tawking. #skininthegame<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elif_Safak\/status\/972090717853057024 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elif_Safak\/status\/972090717853057024 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972092160601444353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:50 AM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Fat Tails Estimators Project has been very active. w\/@DrCirillo<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/TMpcq6pCLw\"> pic.twitter.com\/TMpcq6pCLw<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972089907991711746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:41 AM &#8211; 9 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Interestingly, the word &#8220;frata&#8221; in Lebanese comes from the Phoenician root, as p&#8217;rot = break into small change. It is a mystery how Jastrow knew so much about Phoenician. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971927391798005761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:55 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My dream is for @realDonaldTrump to stop in Teheran on the way back, just to save on fuel.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRUDGE_REPORT\/status\/971921200644435969 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRUDGE_REPORT\/status\/971921200644435969 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971923230868025344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:38 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The first round we showed that @sapinker had NO evidence to make his claims (like saying: this moved by 1\/20th of a standard deviation, let&#8217;s write a book!) The second time we may hint that the opposite of what he is saying is true. cc:@BillGates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971911893253349377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:53 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Yo Pinker, @sapinker, get prepared for a second round. Cc:@BillGates<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drcirillo\/status\/971886554632384512 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/drcirillo\/status\/971886554632384512 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971892106825551872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:35 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@EconTalker From this week&#8217;s EconTalk: Listen to @nntaleb explain why skin in the game is not about incentives for him, but filtering:<a href=\"https:\/\/share.podclipper.com\/econtalk-nassim-nicholas-taleb-on-rationality-risk-and-skin-in-the-game.html?start_ms=2988600&amp;end_ms=3085360 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/share.podclipper.com\/econtalk-nassim-nicholas-taleb-on-rationality-risk-and-skin-in-the-game.html?start_ms=2988600&amp;end_ms=3085360 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EconTalker\/status\/971891733754769408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:33 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem is that even Hebrew philologists think \u05ea\u05e2\u05e8\u05d9\u05e3 comes from Arabic (it is tariff in Heb.), mistaking the root 3RF (knowledge) for the Phoenician (YRF) &#8220;sharing a piece of the merchandise&#8221;. cc:@KarlreMarks<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ZwdkYNcNDx\"> pic.twitter.com\/ZwdkYNcNDx<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971873675321495552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:21 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The origin is actually a Phoenician Mercantile term. The Arabs shamelessly claim other people&#8217;s discoveries as their own; abetted by the erudition-free IQ-free Arabists. Bravo @GeorgeJNasr for getting it.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/MlpFJBuWcp\"> pic.twitter.com\/MlpFJBuWcp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971870123584835584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:07 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath I love Markov chains. Simple and unifying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/971865252802506752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:48 PM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Was fixed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971822469781868545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@georgeeaton Nassim Nicholas Taleb: &#8220;Unless warmongers are more exposed to dying than others it\u2019s the equivalent of reckless drivers being isolated from the risks of reckless driving.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/culture\/observations\/2018\/03\/i-hope-goldman-sachs-bankruptcy-nassim-nicholas-taleb-skin-game \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/culture\/observations\/2018\/03\/i-hope-goldman-sachs-bankruptcy-nassim-nicholas-taleb-skin-game <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/georgeeaton\/status\/971804780078206976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:48 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@turlevnon Le\u0161 me\u0161 l&#8217;le\u011fa l&#8217;lebn\u00e9niy\u00e9 le\u011fa rasmiy\u00e9 l&#8217;lebn\u00e9n? #S\u00fbalJar\u00ee.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/zHJ1L4zGD9\"> pic.twitter.com\/zHJ1L4zGD9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/turlevnon\/status\/971797961716977670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:21 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is my point of discussion with @bryan_caplan Hobbysists -&gt; Technology -&gt; Science not reverse arrow.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerBaum1\/status\/971795952280350721 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerBaum1\/status\/971795952280350721 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971796512001986560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:15 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb GPA is a test that flunks reality. Wittgenstein&#8217;s ruler: you use the ruler to measure the table; can also use the table to measure the ruler. When results are far from the measurement, it is the measurement that&#8217;s wrong. GPA may work w\/salarypeople, academics &amp; other captives.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericozkan1\/status\/970370465129730048 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericozkan1\/status\/970370465129730048 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971790435411791872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:51 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Delenda Goldman Sachs<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/971595132536606721 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/971595132536606721 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971776795942023170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:56 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath Probability of No Two-Tail Runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/NoRunningTails.shtml \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/NoRunningTails.shtml <\/a>\u00a0 #FigureThat #math #probability<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sTgMrKUahW&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/sTgMrKUahW <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/971763069901836288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:02 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mistake: max deadlift was ~400 not 330. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971717528950116352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:01 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb \u201cI hope for Goldman Sachs\u2019 bankruptcy\u201d: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/culture\/observations\/2018\/03\/i-hope-goldman-sachs-bankruptcy-nassim-nicholas-taleb-skin-game \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/culture\/observations\/2018\/03\/i-hope-goldman-sachs-bankruptcy-nassim-nicholas-taleb-skin-game <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971714718812508160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:50 AM &#8211; 8 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb As usual, the origin is Aramaic. Cc:@KarlreMarks<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karlremarks\/status\/971416075060596736 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/karlremarks\/status\/971416075060596736 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971568081398099968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:07 PM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb THE END OF THE MEDIA So Skin in the Game made the NYT Bestseller&#8217;s List without a single US book review, with a single book lecktchur in NY. All thanks to my twitter friends (and enemies). Characteristically, these NYT idiots still managed to mis-describe the book.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sPqPPVmazD\"> pic.twitter.com\/sPqPPVmazD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971512023845613568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:24 PM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo It is extremely fascinating: you can increase or decrease the time span, and the distribution stays the same. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/971485251921960966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo Now, focusing on 20th century, using a more complete data set we are working on, we observe the same distribution, in a purely fractal pattern. Apparently no finite mean, extreme fat-tailedness. The long peace?! Really?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Ksc6QE5wyu\"> pic.twitter.com\/Ksc6QE5wyu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/971482154692743177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:26 PM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath Probability of crossing a bridge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/CrossingBridge.shtml \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/CrossingBridge.shtml <\/a>\u00a0 #FigureThat #math #probability<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/KxKifPtc7W&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/KxKifPtc7W <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/971417327374921728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:08 AM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Correkshion: It was not @davidpapineau but another philosopher. All these philosophers have weird foreign names! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971401435022811136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:05 AM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb There is this BS in this &#8220;disagreebleness&#8221; scale used by psychologists, unconditional of domain. Like most psych categorizations, BS. Many are socially gentle but intellectually rigorous &amp; no-nonsense: others nasty in person but appear gentle in public . BS! cc:@KlingBlog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971381806909050880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:47 AM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Does &#8220;PHILOSOPHY&#8221; have a problem? The Massimo Pigliuci (&#8220;Klueless Massimo&#8221;) problem: dissertation from twitter comments, even &#8220;philosopher&#8221; @davidpapineau comments without knowing what the subject is about.<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/opacity\/comment-on-klueless-massimo-s-comments-massimo-pigliucci-of-the-mary-beard-twitter-debate-4c99a36de40 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/opacity\/comment-on-klueless-massimo-s-comments-massimo-pigliucci-of-the-mary-beard-twitter-debate-4c99a36de40 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971364828450304005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:39 AM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GhassanDahhan And it has cost a lot of Yemeni lives.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jerusalem_Post\/status\/971362089531932672 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jerusalem_Post\/status\/971362089531932672 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GhassanDahhan\/status\/971364428036878336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM &#8211; 7 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@financequant &#8220;I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the family and friends level, a socialist.&#8221;&#8211;Geoff and Vince Graham (quoted by @nntaleb, Skin in the Game) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/financequant\/status\/971236666869473281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:10 PM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GeertNoels The lack of good governance of the Trump Administration gets more attention in the EU media than the lack of good governance of the EU. The #Selmayr case should get a lot more attention and disapproval.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/planete\/2018\/03\/04\/martin-selmayr-braque-la-commission-europeenne_1633807 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/planete\/2018\/03\/04\/martin-selmayr-braque-la-commission-europeenne_1633807 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GeertNoels\/status\/971093623642247169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:42 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@yaneerbaryam Here is a list of false claims about GMOs<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cKIfJh58Gb\"> pic.twitter.com\/cKIfJh58Gb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/971057309668511745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:17 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@normonics <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Tx5M1koP0M\"> pic.twitter.com\/Tx5M1koP0M<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/971052214700728320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:57 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@thinkingnuggets Part Two &#8211; The Biggest Takeaways from Nassim Taleb&#8217;s (@nntaleb) Book &#8220;Skin In The Game&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuggetsofthought.com\/2018\/03\/06\/biggest-takeaways-from-nassim-talebs-book-skin-in-the-game-part-two\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nuggetsofthought.com\/2018\/03\/06\/biggest-takeaways-from-nassim-talebs-book-skin-in-the-game-part-two\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/thinkingnuggets\/status\/971050080198451200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:49 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@yaneerbaryam Here is one illustration of the difference between breeding and transgenics (GMOs)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/k9m0uht0lz\"> pic.twitter.com\/k9m0uht0lz<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/971048816710488064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:44 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 5) I am also FED UP seeing an ad for Pinker&#8217;s book pop up on @amazon every time I am buying stuff.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/BQHKai8mRc\"> pic.twitter.com\/BQHKai8mRc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971048321467977728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:42 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The @guardian retracted on an Op-Ed style article explaining my own side of Skin in the Game after seeing the below. (Republished on Medium) Unethical journalism doesn&#8217;t work in the age of social media.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970677174213791746 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970677174213791746 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971035842515996674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:52 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Donaldo, @realDonaldTrump, what are you doooooooooooooing?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/970997689910480896 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/970997689910480896 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971029593971920901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:27 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 4) Note the same typical @sapinker conflations: a) 2 classes of AI (busted by @elonmusk ) b) 2 classes of probability (thin tails and fat tails) c) 2 classes of breeding (slow vs transgenic): jumping from the 34th floor window not the same risk class as taking the stairs. etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971021305012260866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:54 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Our precautionary principle. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0 Note the recent trumpeted GMO meta-analysis of 6000 papers had only&#8230; 50 per study, and NO tail risk. Note that none of the &#8220;Nobels&#8221; were into tail risk. Includes literature etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971014893288742913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:29 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GuruAnaerobic My friend attended the #RWRI seminar in Feb &#8211; just for the last day (he had been at a 3-day med conf in Barcelona). He&#8217;s been involved in the Stent industry for over ten yrs. Just one day blew apart the statistical concepts he&#8217;d learnt in the medical field.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971004358539333633 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971004358539333633 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GuruAnaerobic\/status\/971012648199442433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:20 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) Replace Pinker&#8217;s book w\/ 75 informative graphs by @MaxCRoser who should publish book without words. Preferably in color. But remember that data gathering is not data *science*. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971011773473198080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:17 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) Was not aiming to read @sapinker&#8217;s book, saw this on GMOs: he is as klueless about komplexity &amp; nonlinearity as he is about elementary statistical significance. The text is full of BS (to him science=scientism), it doesn&#8217;t match the pics.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/hR9yjHQTih\"> pic.twitter.com\/hR9yjHQTih<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971011770390228993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:17 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My argument about convexity is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edge.org\/conversation\/nassim_nicholas_taleb-understanding-is-a-poor-substitute-for-convexity-antifragility \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.edge.org\/conversation\/nassim_nicholas_taleb-understanding-is-a-poor-substitute-for-convexity-antifragility <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971005134137380864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:50 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb We are doing RWRI 8 on May 28 (5 days) in NYC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realworldrisk.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.realworldrisk.com <\/a>\u00a0 Scholarships are open. (And please don&#8217;t offer to improve the website. It is what it is.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971004358539333633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:47 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Excellent argument by Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan, but missed something central: convexity of trial-and-error &amp; heuristic learning. I sort of wrote Antifragile using Kealy&#8217;s argument &amp; transcending it. Would love a diskushshun\/debate @tylercowen.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0691174652\/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_SMONAb5ET7ASM \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0691174652\/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_SMONAb5ET7ASM <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/971001052475600897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:34 AM &#8211; 6 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@goorha Just read @nntaleb in his new book #skininthegame. It\u2019s the only book I have read while clapping, laughing and nodding all at the same time. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/goorha\/status\/970818464637177856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:28 PM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@MrPeterEsho NNT is back @nntaleb<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mpawlo\/status\/970337104076079106 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mpawlo\/status\/970337104076079106 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MrPeterEsho\/status\/970781489125253120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:01 PM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Isocrates&#8217; Rule of Symmetry: Treat other Nations the Way you Want to be Treated! #SkinintheGame<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-04\/us-meddling-foreign-elections-cia-tradition-1948 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-04\/us-meddling-foreign-elections-cia-tradition-1948 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970770285136941056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:17 PM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The &#8220;good&#8221; journalist marker: someone who goes against the grain, goes against lobbies: Gary Taubes @garytaubes, Laura Rosen, @dannyhakim &#8230; and is ostracized by others for it. Some are heroes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970756843193724929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:24 PM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@TheStalwart Since I believe in having #SkinInTheGame, I decided to confront @nntaleb, rather than just get into a dispute behind keyboards<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/NGhKfYo2Ev\"> pic.twitter.com\/NGhKfYo2Ev<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/970729913769742336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:37 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I get every day the confirmation that the only people who don\u2019t despise journalists are journalists and (some of) their mothers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970722251736743936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:06 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@FriedrichHayek This conversation between @nntaleb and @EconTalker may be the best Econtalk ever &#8212; Taleb and Russ flesh out important themes first introduced by Armen Alchian, inspired in part by Hayek <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncertainty,_Evolution,_and_Economic_Theory \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncertainty,_Evolution,_and_Economic_Theory <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/econtalk\/id135066958?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.libertyfund.org%2Fecontalk%2Fy2018%2FTalebrationality.mp3 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/econtalk\/id135066958?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.libertyfund.org%2Fecontalk%2Fy2018%2FTalebrationality.mp3 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FriedrichHayek\/status\/970677767313371137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:09 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I got tonnnnnnns of messages from authors thanking me for making journos accountable for their book reviews. In other words, putting back some symmetry with their #SkinInTheGame<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-controversy-around-skin-in-the-game-6d46416ee47f \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-controversy-around-skin-in-the-game-6d46416ee47f <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970677174213791746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:07 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@jeetsidhu_ &#8220;Skin in the Game&#8221; really hitting home right now! @nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/rwsigzJb5p\"> pic.twitter.com\/rwsigzJb5p<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jeetsidhu_\/status\/970667751114268672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:30 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath Two Coins: One Fair, one Biased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/TwoCoins.shtml \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/Probability\/TwoCoins.shtml <\/a>\u00a0 #FigureThat #math #probability<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/HHhnyGjhkq&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/HHhnyGjhkq <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/970647598385295361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:09 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I just published \u201cWhat do I mean by Skin in the Game? My Own Version\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/what-do-i-mean-by-skin-in-the-game-my-own-version-cc858dc73260 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/what-do-i-mean-by-skin-in-the-game-my-own-version-cc858dc73260 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/970646783289413634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:06 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ericozkan1 @nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/wKcCjOtgvc\"> pic.twitter.com\/wKcCjOtgvc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ericozkan1\/status\/970637407937875968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:29 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p>@georgeeaton Corbyn has &#8220;skin in the game&#8221;. How Nassim Nicholas Taleb&#8217;s new book helps explain his appeal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/politics\/uk\/2018\/03\/meaning-corbynism \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/politics\/uk\/2018\/03\/meaning-corbynism <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iNZ7FDfEn5&#8243;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/iNZ7FDfEn5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/georgeeaton\/status\/970633562826465281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:14 AM &#8211; 5 Mar 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI hope for Goldman Sachs\u2019 bankruptcy\u201d: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game https:\/\/t.co\/IlSm6ZJlir &mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) March 8, 2018 &nbsp; @nntaleb The definition of a home: you are happy when you leave and you are also happy when you return. 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