{"id":8874,"date":"2018-10-08T13:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8874"},"modified":"2018-10-08T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:20:59","slug":"localism-identity-politics-banksy-kashoggi-berlin-crying-in-public-boulder-reputation-popper-minority-rule-kasparov-pinker-ketogenesis-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/localism-identity-politics-banksy-kashoggi-berlin-crying-in-public-boulder-reputation-popper-minority-rule-kasparov-pinker-ketogenesis-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCALISM, Identity Politics, Banksy, Kashoggi, Berlin, Crying In Public, Boulder, Reputation, Popper, Minority Rule,  Kasparov, Pinker, Ketogenesis | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/1044691366888927233<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Where a 100% left wing crowd agreed with my message:<\/p>\n<p>+ Localism, bottom-up<br \/>+ Statism is rent seeking by insiders, academics, &amp; cronies<br \/>+ No enterprise without <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Skininthegame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Skininthegame<\/a><br \/>+ No abstract scale-free universalism<\/p>\n<p>A different reaction than the one by the statist-militarist &quot;left&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tbsXw27q0w\">https:\/\/t.co\/tbsXw27q0w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044205160354832385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/..\/media\/talebBuffetLektur-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/..\/media\/talebBuffetLektur-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/..\/media\/talebBuffetLektur-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/..\/media\/talebBuffetLektur-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/..\/media\/talebBuffetLektur.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>@highnoontide This perfectly explains why @nntaleb once suggested Nobel Prize in Economics be banned. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/j_lovering\/status\/1049283173866192896 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/j_lovering\/status\/1049283173866192896 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/highnoontide\/status\/1049336900824260609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:33 AM &#8211; 8 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ethical Inquiries and Discussions<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/dC4Fscoiuv\"> pic.twitter.com\/dC4Fscoiuv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1049322672591708163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:36 AM &#8211; 8 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@spyrosmakrid 2\/ People who consumed a diet high in meat and dairy had a 22% decreased risk of heart attack and a 25% decreased risk of early death (28 Aug. 18) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escardio.org\/The-ESC\/Press-Office\/Press-releases\/Components-of-heart-healthy-diet-may-differ-from-what-was-previously-thought \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.escardio.org\/The-ESC\/Press-Office\/Press-releases\/Components-of-heart-healthy-diet-may-differ-from-what-was-previously-thought <\/a>\u00a0 #Forecasting #Diet<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UaahWBBj0i&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/UaahWBBj0i <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/spyrosmakrid\/status\/1049286218708635648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:11 AM &#8211; 8 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GuruAnaerobic All this misses the point about SCALE, a la @nntaleb &#8211; &#8220;LOCALISM: At Fed level, libertarian; state, Republican; local, Democrat; family\/friends, socialist&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toadmeister\/status\/1048946544551100416 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/toadmeister\/status\/1048946544551100416 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GuruAnaerobic\/status\/1049267950581141504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:59 AM &#8211; 8 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If you want someone to read ALL your tweets, block him or her. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1049044938007015424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:12 PM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Deleted tweets are more informational than regular ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asymmetricinfo\/status\/1049039025821155328 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/asymmetricinfo\/status\/1049039025821155328 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1049041730178375682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:00 PM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Just lecktured the Hackers Congress (Prague) via Skype that distorts my face. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/austinmcraig\/status\/1048981750045528064 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/austinmcraig\/status\/1048981750045528064 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1049041049463742469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:57 PM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Banksy provides a perfect illustration of the potency of *via negativa*. #Antifragile <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alxpr1c3\/status\/1048635864585310208 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/alxpr1c3\/status\/1048635864585310208 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048962246372745216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:44 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So it is easy to eliminate Kashoggi because he has no tribal links, people who would seek revenge. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZJoureir\/status\/1048934611299045376 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZJoureir\/status\/1048934611299045376 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048943977519570944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb ABSTRACT UNIVERSALISMS AND PSEUDOIDENTITIES 1) People conflate differences between groups and difference between individuals. 2) Identity politics leads to stereotyping, no different from racial profiling.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/CbUVmCrZbn\"> pic.twitter.com\/CbUVmCrZbn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048936768710615040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:03 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In Turkish, Ka\u015f\u0131k\u00e7\u0131 means spoon maker. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048934250731462659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:53 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb An uninteresting twist to the Khashoggi story is that Khashoggi is not a Saudi Arab, but a Turkish-Syrian name. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048930861020839937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:39 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man #blackswanman #theblackswanman @elonmusk #antifragile #tesla #blackswanmobile<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/VOAcJ6Q5xf\"> pic.twitter.com\/VOAcJ6Q5xf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1048928904193425408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:31 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ethics<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/vkSUEHZv7H\"> pic.twitter.com\/vkSUEHZv7H<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048893489541472257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:11 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem is that people engage shills thinking their arguments will change their minds. You see it with Monsanto shills, with agents of Saudi Barbaria, etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048889931567910912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:57 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@acommonlawyer I&#8217;m with @nntaleb on this: income post-public office should not exceed that available in public office. Otherwise, post-office income for previous incumbents \u2248 implicit bribe for current incumbent; &#8220;stay on our good side and we&#8217;ll make you rich when you&#8217;re done being president&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent\/status\/1048874388874022912 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent\/status\/1048874388874022912 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/acommonlawyer\/status\/1048875928833728512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:01 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@HsenAndil I started recently translating Le Petit Prince into Lebanese. This is still a first draft, in terms of the script\/orthography, and the translation itself (wording). Feedback from natives would be highly appreciated. Here&#8217;s a link to the first chapter: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1erV9jAtNdys82F2hy1LAB43BmSW-DK6x\/view?usp=sharing \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1erV9jAtNdys82F2hy1LAB43BmSW-DK6x\/view?usp=sharing <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/T4rwjDfWwy&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/T4rwjDfWwy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/HsenAndil\/status\/1048857172610895872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:46 AM &#8211; 7 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb How you can tell a Saudi government shill, even without tracking his funding. Some idiots engage him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliShihabi\/status\/1048684171072327681 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliShihabi\/status\/1048684171072327681 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048723366683791360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:55 PM &#8211; 6 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Solution with probabilistic approach<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/hKDYjfc5Xc\"> pic.twitter.com\/hKDYjfc5Xc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048560396834131968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:07 AM &#8211; 6 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Note that there is no such thing as a &#8220;thinker&#8221; who is not a FREE (that is independent) thinker. Gabish? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirchappyquiddi\/status\/1048532476157677568 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirchappyquiddi\/status\/1048532476157677568 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048533865260879873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:22 AM &#8211; 6 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A partisan&#8217;s (or an ideologue&#8217;s) assessment of a situation doesn&#8217;t depend on the situation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048528768292335616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:01 AM &#8211; 6 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Note: I systematically block people with cute remarks on math problems. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048355678979588096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:34 PM &#8211; 5 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A math problem a la @CutTheKnotMath for the weekend. Courtesy Dan Sitaru, the Romanian Mathematical Magazine.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/F6HdFanbgM\"> pic.twitter.com\/F6HdFanbgM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048342024255143941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:39 PM &#8211; 5 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man #blackswanman #theblackswanman @Mises #humanaction #antifragile #daoofcapital<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/gx0bCzIGF8\"> pic.twitter.com\/gx0bCzIGF8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1048222115776942081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:43 AM &#8211; 5 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@marciadabliu &#8220;Specifically, Brazil and Argentina often use more than 4.5 kilograms of glyphosate per hectare &#8211; three times as much as when GM soya was introduced some 20 years ago.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/testbiotech\/status\/1047904942097412097 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/testbiotech\/status\/1047904942097412097 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/marciadabliu\/status\/1048139823989620737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:16 AM &#8211; 5 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mathematicians think in proofs, lawyers in constructs, logicians in operators, dancers in movement, artists in impressions, and idiots in labels. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048072471063220224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:48 PM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mathematicians think in proofs, lawyers in constructs, logicians in operators, dancers in movement, artists in impressions, and idiots in labels. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1048072471063220224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:48 PM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Too many people think in labels. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047937025544880128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:50 PM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is a prime example the genetic fallacy. The internet was founded as a military application. Please avoid sloppy thinking. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yehesz\/status\/1047808343530565634 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yehesz\/status\/1047808343530565634 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047809870941114368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:25 AM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The value of a degree is in its RELIABILITY: when ill in a foreign country you can bet the MD has minimal competence. Like a driver&#8217;s license. HUMANITIES\/SOCIAL SCIENCE degrees offer no reliability. If you don&#8217;t know what you get, degrees are worthless. The market punishes BS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047750571242008578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:29 AM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The value of a degree is in its RELIABILITY: when ill in a foreign country you can bet the MD has minimal competence. Like a driver&#8217;s license. HUMANITIES\/SOCIAL SCIENCE degrees offer no reliability. If you don&#8217;t know what you get, degrees are worthless. The market punishes BS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047750571242008578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:29 AM &#8211; 4 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb (Madrid) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047589628780277760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:50 PM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Madeid (a brief stop)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/DxGqa8n3gk\"> pic.twitter.com\/DxGqa8n3gk<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047579235852775424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:08 PM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Please note that I only do book lecktchurs when the book is out in the language, even then. I don&#8217;t do book lecktchurs for a living. I prefer technical lectchurs on probability. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047535186500575232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:13 AM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man #blackswanman #theblackswanman #Nietzsche #antifragile<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/4ShhS0mDAQ\"> pic.twitter.com\/4ShhS0mDAQ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1047523596476829696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:27 AM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@asymmetricinfo 1) Almost everyone seems to be missing that this was tax arbitrage, not tax evasion. He was converting estate taxed money into income-taxed income. The size of the net benefit is somewhat uncertain because the conversion lost the benefits of tax deferral until death. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/asymmetricinfo\/status\/1047503259777359877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:06 AM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb To understand decentralization\/localism. + DC : much higher real estate\/hotels prices than most large cities in the US. + Berlin: much cheaper real estate\/hotels prices than most large cities in Germany. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evansrahal\/status\/1047476596112801792 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evansrahal\/status\/1047476596112801792 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047481615289655297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:40 AM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@GuruAnaerobic Optimisation -&gt; Fragility &#8216;I won Olympic Gold but can&#8217;t climb stairs&#8217; &#8211; Amy Williams, 36 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/winter-sports\/45714174 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/winter-sports\/45714174 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GuruAnaerobic\/status\/1047413934540705793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:11 AM &#8211; 3 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ich bin ein Berliner. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kungler\/status\/1047162090815991813 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kungler\/status\/1047162090815991813 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1047341329041117184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:23 PM &#8211; 2 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@kungler Los geht&#8217;s mit @nntaleb #SkinintheGame<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/vauhTwYwIU\"> pic.twitter.com\/vauhTwYwIU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kungler\/status\/1047162090815991813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:31 AM &#8211; 2 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb No human is more Mediterranean in demeanor, temperament &amp; appearance than Irene Pappas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pascal_dorian\/status\/1044177867784032256 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/pascal_dorian\/status\/1044177867784032256 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046912828358217728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:00 PM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man Page 17 (2 of 2)&#8230; #blackswanman #theblackswanman #gfc #cbot #popper #mises #nietzsche #gnomesofzurich #antifragile #daoofcapital<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/LQ1HJyaDSL\"> pic.twitter.com\/LQ1HJyaDSL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1046856367028539392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:16 PM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man Page 16 (1 of 2)&#8230; #blackswanman #theblackswanman #gfc #cbot #popper #mises #nietzsche #gnomesofzurich #antifragile #daoofcapital<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/HsKuETuCX9\"> pic.twitter.com\/HsKuETuCX9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1046856149495103489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:15 PM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@dannyhakim Prominent academic journal issues correction conceding that that &#8220;Monsanto Co. didn\u2019t fully disclose its involvement&#8221; in articles declaring glyphosate safe. Raises latest questions of transparency in pesticide research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-09-27\/monsanto-s-role-in-roundup-safety-study-is-corrected-by-journal \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-09-27\/monsanto-s-role-in-roundup-safety-study-is-corrected-by-journal <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dannyhakim\/status\/1046758474485567490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:47 AM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Presented the new book to charlatans. The reaction (yellow) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS_TECHNICAL_INCERTO_COLLECTION_ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS_TECHNICAL_INCERTO_COLLECTION_ <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Vq72bUo9JT&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/Vq72bUo9JT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046711598910443520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:41 AM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb After the Macbook MacOS patch, even slower. @WolframResearch<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/hd1Ekt3h23\"> pic.twitter.com\/hd1Ekt3h23<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046699875059073024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:54 AM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Last night I dreamed that I was given The job at the Federal Reserve. I walked in and announced that 1) every economist with an academic origin would be laid off, 2) every statistician who used &#8220;variance&#8221; in a research paper would be immediately terminated. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046692680875618304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:25 AM &#8211; 1 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ggreenwald I always genuinely wonder: are DC foreign policy elites like @SamanthaJPower so inebriated with American Exceptionalism that they really believe it&#8217;s different when they do it, or do they know it&#8217;s the same but cynically view everyone as dupes? Probably differs for each offender. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1046469698160922624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM &#8211; 30 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Duesseldorf The German Publisher put me in a hotel with a fully functional bathtub on the balcony. If these things don&#8217;t make you a traditionalist, I don&#8217;t know what will.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/MuvfG17jRy\"> pic.twitter.com\/MuvfG17jRy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046396528343089152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:49 AM &#8211; 30 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/robkopacz\/status\/1046133861225246721 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/robkopacz\/status\/1046133861225246721 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046139829023637504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:49 PM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The only person who showed spine inthe episode was Lindsey Graham. I hate him. He is a neocon. He is an interventionist. But he showed spine. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046123609662648320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:44 PM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is not a job interview for auditor in chief at the local utility company. This is a lifetime apptmnt as a justice in the Supreme Court. It entails tough decisions. Very tough decisions. Gabish? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046116437566398464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:16 PM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Someone finally got it. They are all weak (both sides), insecure, lacking in grandor, and it\u2019s a shame we are dragged into this s***t. America deserves much better. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanpflynn\/status\/1046106181683556354 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanpflynn\/status\/1046106181683556354 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046108604774969345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:45 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Someone finally got it. They are all weak (both sides), insecure, lacking in grandor, and it\u2019s a shame we are dragged into this s***t. America deserves much better. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanpflynn\/status\/1046106181683556354 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanpflynn\/status\/1046106181683556354 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046108604774969345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:45 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-un-assembly-syria\/syria-foreign-minister-tells-u-n-country-is-ready-for-refugee-return-idUSKCN1M90IA \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-un-assembly-syria\/syria-foreign-minister-tells-u-n-country-is-ready-for-refugee-return-idUSKCN1M90IA <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046099685633593349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:09 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The point is that it is not a good idea for a journalist to abet fraudulent information, particularly that I an vindictive enouth to make their lives miserable for decades. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046033684317569024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:47 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Answer: A 4 leg version of Jensen&#8217;s inequality.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/DonVIDZtMB\"> pic.twitter.com\/DonVIDZtMB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1046010698424365056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Joe Wiesenthal, @TheStalwart why are you spreading fake student evaluations by the anonymous @quantian1? Unethical. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045992672933138432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:04 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Lshghl bekassel l kifr. In praise of idleness. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blebnene\/status\/1045947259937050625 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/blebnene\/status\/1045947259937050625 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045971652260048897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:40 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045927760277966848 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045927760277966848 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045945971258138624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:58 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Some Saturday morning Math in the style of @CutTheKnotMath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/nrf10gZST3\"> pic.twitter.com\/nrf10gZST3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045931872864403456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:02 AM &#8211; 29 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Not to mention that the employer of @rmslim is the @Middleeastinst paid by Persian Gulf states to promote Salafism &amp; help destroy minorities &amp; localists in Syria. In other words @rmslim is a PAID propagandist for evil Salafi states and some idiots unknowlingly engage her. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045927760277966848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:46 PM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) The problem of Near East conflicts is that those with skin in the game have been sacrified for the sake of the principles of those with no skin in the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood-4657956c82ac \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood-4657956c82ac <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045926356599664640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:40 PM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) Someone sitting in the comfort of a think tank office (with a fridge full of yoghurt drinks) dictating what aid people on the ground in Syria should receive in order to satisfy her grand principles. #SkinintheGame. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmslim\/status\/1045922250015330304 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmslim\/status\/1045922250015330304 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045925957482221568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:39 PM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@rorysutherland From @nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/CpJ1T0nUqF\"> pic.twitter.com\/CpJ1T0nUqF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rorysutherland\/status\/1045774165868007424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:36 PM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Some of the commentators (#idiots) here don&#8217;t get that the two statements: 1) believing that K is a victim and 2) believing that K is weaker than expected are compatible. Gabish? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045721451553337344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:06 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) I had to coin a word for someone flowing moral values backward in time, 25 centuries: RETROACTIVE BIGOTEERING. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSimonton\/status\/1045505514988138496 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSimonton\/status\/1045505514988138496 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045713384480681985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:34 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) The only thing a college teacher of classics can reliably teach you is to become a college teacher of classics. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/923848138493956096 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/923848138493956096 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045702923886440448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) One thing we know: Professors of Spartan history (like this bloke) are no Spartans. The heroes of history were not virtue-signaling library rats. The last person to learn classical values from is career &#8220;classicists&#8221;. You learn about doers from doers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSimonton\/status\/1045504047879356417 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfSimonton\/status\/1045504047879356417 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045702694231511040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/773574603205730305 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/773574603205730305 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045690250583044096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:02 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Crying in public because you saw atrocities and feel sorry for someone else is fine; crying in public because you feel sorry for yourself (&amp; implore others to feel sorry for you) is the greatest marker of weakeness. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045679240526667781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:18 AM &#8211; 28 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb SYMMETRY A soldier was accused of stealing someone&#8217;s food and eating it. The commander offered the following Solomonic deal. They kill the soldier and look into his stomach. If there is no food as described by the accuser, the accuser is put to death. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045438523724242944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:22 PM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@The_Cyrenian Every major UK newspaper also had &#8220;irrefutable evidence&#8221; that Iraq had &#8220;Weapons of Mass Destruction&#8221;, too. A million people died because of that lie. The propaganda, bloodlust and war-mongering of you and your Atlantic Council masters never ends, it seems. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliotHiggins\/status\/1045189449770881024 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliotHiggins\/status\/1045189449770881024 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/The_Cyrenian\/status\/1045373911104245760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:05 AM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Does anyone have an idea of government funding for economic &#8220;research&#8221;? Grants to universities, etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045326573753315328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:57 AM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nicolas_sommet The Spirit Level has been cited \u224810K times (\u2248700 times in 2018). The book is straightforward: It uses cross-sectional data to show negative effects of #IncomeInequality on health. The problem: It does NOT hold up to scrutiny. Thread <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WWueTIeQN7\"> pic.twitter.com\/WWueTIeQN7<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nicolas_sommet\/status\/1045315275825041409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:12 AM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Can someone explain to this moron that 1) progress = substituting what works RELIABLY better to what doesn&#8217;t work as well, 2) too fast a rate of evolution cancels out past gains. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisMozer\/status\/1045307515452477440 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisMozer\/status\/1045307515452477440 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045311877109219328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:59 AM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ggreenwald Left unaddressed in this deeply moving tweet: why didn&#8217;t Obama admin &#8220;cut off aid&#8221; to the Saudis as it destroyed Yemen? More to the point, why did you feed Saudis with arms &amp; intel to help them do it? Perhaps because you have &#8220;no concern for loss of life&#8221;? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJPower\/status\/1045077050409848832 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJPower\/status\/1045077050409848832 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1045272078700728322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:20 AM &#8211; 27 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb OK, many roads&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/RruU6HwY0j\"> pic.twitter.com\/RruU6HwY0j<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045139269344514054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:33 PM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb MATH DU JOUR For those who survived the morning riddle, a yuugely interesting one. [Please avoid cute nonmath remarks: someone blocks all authors of polluting remarks on my MathTwitter feed and I cannot do anything about it].<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/JmOJu74Y1c\"> pic.twitter.com\/JmOJu74Y1c<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045130282406481921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:57 PM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If Klueless Massimo @mpigliucci produces BS about anything in sight, can he know anything about operational stoicism? <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\/1045059985623969792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:18 PM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Note: ALL authors of snide remarks on MathTwitter get automatically blocked. I can&#8217;t unblock and can&#8217;t stop it. Sorry for the inconvenience. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045006115380101120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My approach<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/I0DMdhJWgl\"> pic.twitter.com\/I0DMdhJWgl<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045004645200998400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:38 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The IYI class &amp; the conviction by these sub-idiots that they are unconditionally smarter than practitioners. Why Stiglitz still unaware he helped wreck FNMAe and Venezuela. &#8220;He [Volker] is the best central banker ever&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Is he smart like us?&#8221;, Stiglitz asked Rogoff.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UhbGJ98CQI\"> pic.twitter.com\/UhbGJ98CQI<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1045000179269730305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:20 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb @Jonassibony can help with the Semitic root of 3ta<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WzFrLO7t7D\"> pic.twitter.com\/WzFrLO7t7D<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044984273512648704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:17 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Someone arabized Michael Atiyah&#8217;s father&#8217;s name from Atiyy\u00e9 in Lebanese to the Arabic Atiyah, when he converted from Greek Orthodox to to Protestant. The idea of Arabism is to kill localism in all its forms. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricJagr68\/status\/1044951476584501248 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricJagr68\/status\/1044951476584501248 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044952860692279296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:12 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The reason we don&#8217;t use chalk was initially linked to the asbestos problem. Bring back the chalkboard. You can also use the chalk when deadlifting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonDeDeo\/status\/1044950108129947648 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonDeDeo\/status\/1044950108129947648 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044951285861175297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:06 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A math morning riddle to distract ourselves from Atiyah&#8217;s proof. Courtesy Romanian Mathematical Magazine.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/3NOgE1RBTJ\"> pic.twitter.com\/3NOgE1RBTJ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044924841403600897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:21 AM &#8211; 26 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@naval Talking live with @nntaleb at @goBLOCKCON on Oct 11. We&#8217;ll cover my favorite book of 2018, Skin in the Game, and weave in some crypto. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goblockcon.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.goblockcon.com\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/naval\/status\/1044691366888927233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:53 PM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Institutions don&#8217;t like scandals. They are weak. It suffices to have someone STUBBORN like me keep pounding them to fire someone. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972152554556657664 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/972152554556657664 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044652126578921475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:17 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Excellent News! Henry I. Miller is no longer at the Hoover Institution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044649748756656128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:08 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Kevin Folta (of the Monsanto connection) partook of the smear campaign against anti-Monsanto activist @RachelsNews when she was 15. Let us all applaud Rachel&#8217;s courage (she is now 18). <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/2414720\/documents-reveal-canadian-teenager-the-target-of-gmo-lobby\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/2414720\/documents-reveal-canadian-teenager-the-target-of-gmo-lobby\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelsNews\/status\/1044639812844539904 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelsNews\/status\/1044639812844539904 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044641753079451648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:36 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I do not give up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/960317570300735488 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/960317570300735488 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044615705453301760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The best test to figure out if people s.a. Mark Lynas or Tamar Haspel are shills: they support BOTH GMOs and Glyphosate &#8211;both of which benefit Monsanto. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thackerpd\/status\/1044560980758462465 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/thackerpd\/status\/1044560980758462465 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044594574285516800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:28 AM &#8211; 25 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@_erratica There are designations, like &#8220;economist&#8221;, &#8220;prostitute&#8221;, or &#8220;consultant&#8221;, for which additional characterization doesn&#8217;t add information. N N Taleb @nntaleb The Bed of Procrustes. ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_erratica\/status\/1044455154894794752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:14 PM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 4) &#8220;My understanding is: the LEFT stands against exploitation &amp; coersion of the weak. The chief exploitation of the public isn&#8217;t corporations that go bust; it&#8217;s the permanence of rent-seeking fake experts such as Krugman, Bernanke &amp; the neocons who inflict risks on others.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044349906364846081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:16 PM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ektrit Talebism @nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Edourdoo\/status\/1044272191863427072 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Edourdoo\/status\/1044272191863427072 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ektrit\/status\/1044273922424885248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:14 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I found \u201cchantage moral\u201d in French which works in some contexts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044273455779196929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:12 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb PHILOLOGY DU JOUR How do you translate \u201dBi rabbe7 jmil\u00e9\u201d from Leb? Genuinely failed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044269755522314242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:58 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@garyruskin When companies bury evidence of harm and pollute the scientific literature with ghostwriting, as the Monsanto Papers show, why should consumers trust them? <a href=\"https:\/\/trib.in\/2xzELgf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/trib.in\/2xzELgf <\/a>\u00a0 @GregTrotterTrib Background on the #MonsantoPapers: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mJSyvq \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mJSyvq <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/garyruskin\/status\/1044267874729127936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@jessefelder In 2006, Nobel Prize\u2013winning economist Joseph Stiglitz praised the economic policies of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez. The Venezuelan president ran one of the \u201cleftist governments\u201d in Latin America that were unfairly \u201ccastigated for being populist.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/joseph-stiglitz-venezuela-16181.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/joseph-stiglitz-venezuela-16181.html <\/a>\u00a0 ht @DiMartinoBooth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jessefelder\/status\/1044263292972208129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:32 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb What do we know about David Rothschild @DavMicRot ? He is incompetent in his own subject matter, statistics and pol forecasting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davmicrot\/status\/1043971493334536192 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/davmicrot\/status\/1043971493334536192 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044260025194225665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:19 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Many are actually IN FAVOR of having &#8220;pundits&#8221; inflict risks on others with impunity&#8221;: those are members of the bureaucratic state. Lawrence Summers @LHSummers EXPLICITLY opposed Skin in the Game in favor of &#8220;risk analysis&#8221; (debate in Las Vegas). <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fullnelson69\/status\/1044214702505697284 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/fullnelson69\/status\/1044214702505697284 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044217714602958850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:31 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) These &#8220;leftists&#8221; even agreed that&#8221;: The central state ends up being controlled by lobbyists The tort system outperforms centralized regulation: EPA was owned by Monsanto (retrospective bribe\/hiring former regulators) Banks subjected to bailouts shd have government salaries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044213703854325761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:15 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Where a 100% left wing crowd agreed with my message: + Localism, bottom-up + Statism is rent seeking by insiders, academics, &amp; cronies + No enterprise without #Skininthegame + No abstract scale-free universalism A different reaction than the one by the statist-militarist &#8220;left&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043980243843743744 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043980243843743744 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1044205160354832385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:41 AM &#8211; 24 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Localism and Skin in the Game. Boulder<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/9lFtLw28vE\"> pic.twitter.com\/9lFtLw28vE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043980243843743744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:47 PM &#8211; 23 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@VergilDen 18 yrs of winnings wipped out in one day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/1043888981354647553 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/1043888981354647553 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/VergilDen\/status\/1043892247954161666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:58 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb People don\u2019t learn. Skin in the game has the attribute of removing bad drivers from the system. Systems learn by removing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DegenRolf\/status\/1043814843814490113 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DegenRolf\/status\/1043814843814490113 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043822128770965510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:19 AM &#8211; 23 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So it looks concave (over the long run) 5 reps outperforms the combinations&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043633747789152256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:50 PM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem with performance metrics. #skininthegame <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdi_ir_dc\/status\/1043518161826525184 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdi_ir_dc\/status\/1043518161826525184 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043519784799883265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:17 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The idea is to see on which side of Jensen&#8217;s inequality: (locally) convex or concave?<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/XkX0qLQIcl\"> pic.twitter.com\/XkX0qLQIcl<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043500362005540865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb DISCUSSION Nothing more exhilarating than the press! Just the mental energy required to push the metal over your head. Now let f(.) be the benefit &amp; x the # of reps; ignoring injury risks: f(1)+f(9) &gt; (&lt;) 2 f(5) ? i.e., 2 sets of 5 better or worse than 1 RM + 9 RM? Explain<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Qi5exdub2e\"> pic.twitter.com\/Qi5exdub2e<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043493925103710208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This was written 21 years ago: &#8220;professionals&#8221; mistaking probability for expectation. From Fooled by Randomness<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/kwzbT2KWLF\"> pic.twitter.com\/kwzbT2KWLF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043482441845862400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:49 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb PROBABILITY DU JOUR: Where the 3-4 Population Tests (left) are the analog to what we know in econometrics as GRANGER CAUSALITY (right) [ignore wikipedia, see scholarpedia below] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarpedia.org\/article\/Granger_causality \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.scholarpedia.org\/article\/Granger_causality <\/a>\u00a0 Meaning we can use cross-entropy metrics! cc: @iosif_lazaridis @PZalloua<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cuDcw7kl96&#8243;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/cuDcw7kl96 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043463993648545792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:36 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Which explains why nobody interested in finance should ever follow twitter finance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StockCats\/status\/1043122635926896645 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StockCats\/status\/1043122635926896645 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043459537724788736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:18 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@wrathofgnon A perfectly medieval aphorism from @nntaleb. One of my favorites. From the book The Bed Of Procrustes.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/KNlIWZq6BX\"> pic.twitter.com\/KNlIWZq6BX<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wrathofgnon\/status\/1043399921657729025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:21 AM &#8211; 22 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb For the hot hand trust the experienced or the real mathematical probabilist. Not the semi-knowlegeable psycholophaster. Half scientists a la @r_thaler are b***tters. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/964657750881046528?s=21 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/964657750881046528?s=21 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043277981991428097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:17 PM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Unapologetic style&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BiankaB12\/status\/1043216606594326529 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BiankaB12\/status\/1043216606594326529 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043229185638989824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:03 PM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Refusing the filter of \u201cexperience\u201d is negating evolution. We didn\u2019t make it through zillion of years without helpful statistical intuitions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043217829737254914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:18 PM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb It turned out that the \u201cevidence\u201d showing no hot hand in sports is a fiction. Experience trumps pseudostatistics used by social scientists. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjkuntz\/status\/1043200573783396352 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjkuntz\/status\/1043200573783396352 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043201496274354179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:13 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man Page 15 (2 of 2)&#8230; #blackswanman #theblackswanman #HumanAction @Mises #nudge #Keynesian #IYIs @R_Thaler @paulkrugman<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/1i4AFYBcFT\"> pic.twitter.com\/1i4AFYBcFT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1043124065735766016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:05 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@black_swan_man Page 14 (1 of 2)&#8230; #blackswanman #theblackswanman #HumanAction @Mises #nudge #Keynesian #IYIs @R_Thaler @paulkrugman<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/wRNB6vCWvY\"> pic.twitter.com\/wRNB6vCWvY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1043123617515614208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:03 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb New Title, book almost done. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS_TECHNICAL_INCERTO_COLLECTION_ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS_TECHNICAL_INCERTO_COLLECTION_ <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sSCAxhGDNS&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/sSCAxhGDNS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1043065691077791744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:13 AM &#8211; 21 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Market Is &#8220;Sandbagging Us&#8221; &#8211; Mark Spitznagel Sees &#8220;Deeper &amp; Deeper&#8221; Crashes Ahead | Zero Hedge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-18\/market-sandbagging-us-mark-spitznagel-sees-deeper-deeper-crashes-ahead \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-18\/market-sandbagging-us-mark-spitznagel-sees-deeper-deeper-crashes-ahead <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042831814614757376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If you need your reputation more than I need mine, I own you. Otherwise you own me. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042821225721028608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:02 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In BS vending by tagging some pseudoscientific psychological explanation to a wrong empirical fact, nobody beats Pinker. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sapinker\/status\/1042784921398456320 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sapinker\/status\/1042784921398456320 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042816375826333696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:42 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Comparing the old Macbook pro (left) to the new one (right) using @WolframResearch&#8217;s Mathematica. Looks like the new one is SLOWER for Monte Carlo simulations.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cn3i22NXQi\"> pic.twitter.com\/cn3i22NXQi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042786415443148800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:43 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb How evil firms use mobs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/monsanto-accused-of-hiring-army-of-trolls-to-silence-online-dissent-court-papers\/5588396 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/monsanto-accused-of-hiring-army-of-trolls-to-silence-online-dissent-court-papers\/5588396 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042770429839060992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:40 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) Note that evil corporations use social media to bully critics. Monsanto&#8217;s smear campaign against scientists is based on internet mobs organized by @KetchumPR. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042763371949514752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:12 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If social media scares you, change profession. Now. You can no longer be a scholar or scientist if you don&#8217;t have f*** you money or f*** you attitude. Otherwise you&#8217;re at the mercy of mob lynching. Ian Buruma abt pple &#8220;not convicted by the judiciary but by social media&#8221;:<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sfl7QOb0K9\"> pic.twitter.com\/sfl7QOb0K9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042759569548750848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:57 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Three slides that summarize the problems with risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mZargham\/status\/1022110281001050112 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mZargham\/status\/1022110281001050112 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042719132842635264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:16 AM &#8211; 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My greatest fear is to have someone who just as Soros who got Popper&#8217;s Open Society exactly backwards &amp; funded an &#8220;Open Society Inst.&#8221; for a Platonic bureaucrat-led #skininthegame-free monoculture, starts an *Incerto Institute* promoting Kantian scale-free Universalism. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042527420006453249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:34 PM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Which is the reason I hate interviews; they try to force you to reduce a book to a fortune cookie-compatible expression. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daviduvaydov\/status\/1042463961826947075 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/daviduvaydov\/status\/1042463961826947075 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042515628760944642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:47 PM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Minority rule <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinraimondo\/status\/1042427028094382080 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinraimondo\/status\/1042427028094382080 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042429055646289921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:03 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Minority rule <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRaimondo\/status\/1042427028094382080 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRaimondo\/status\/1042427028094382080 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042429055646289921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:03 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@spyrosmakrid The major finding of the paper The forecasting accuracy of the best ML method was lower than the worst of Stat ones while half the ML methods were less accurate than a random walk was contrary to the beliefs of the Neural Networks journal that rejected it using a false reason<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/hpItW4OaKL\"> pic.twitter.com\/hpItW4OaKL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/spyrosmakrid\/status\/1042389286706995201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:25 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The reason you can&#8217;t trust the press is PRECISELY because they give you the illusion of truth by getting the facts right. <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\/1042379900085317633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:48 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb People in Lebanon used to rely on timber for heating\/cooking (&amp; tax payment to the Ottomans). Fossil fuel allowed the greening across places. It is bad (side effects), but one should NEVER represent a partial picture like this shoddy sensationalist @FranckGenauseau <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042378600799002624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) Cedar story is missing the success of new growth across the mountain. 2) @FranckGenauze has never heard of cherry picking\/sensationalism\/sucker alarmism.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iL1mnw7Y0i\"> pic.twitter.com\/iL1mnw7Y0i<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042377047987970048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:37 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Pictures of Leb in 1900 vs today. Clear reforestation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1028613123157237760 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1028613123157237760 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042370053746950144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:09 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb MISREPRESENTATION of STATISTICAL PICTURE Journos @FranckGenauzeauare clueless &amp; cherrypicking. Lebanon is currently greening, &gt;150,000 additional Cedar trees at higher level plus rising treeline. The planet is undergoing yuuge reforestation. This demoralizes environmentalists <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranckGenauzeau\/status\/1042357182023520256 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranckGenauzeau\/status\/1042357182023520256 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042368238473101312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:02 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ilSaggiatoreEd Le letture del Ministro #Tria? &#8216;Skin in the game&#8217; di @nntaleb, dall&#8217;undici ottobre in libreria grazie al vostro editore preferito.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/4saQ9lUBTd\"> pic.twitter.com\/4saQ9lUBTd<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ilSaggiatoreEd\/status\/1042339792422363137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:09 AM &#8211; 19 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@alexisevdox Great Psychology Today article on #AI and #MachineLearning. If it improves as a result of being faced with and solving problems, it&#8217;s #antifragile. Love how @nntaleb&#8217;s brilliant concept has invaded the lexicon. <a href=\"https:\/\/pos.li\/2aferk \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pos.li\/2aferk <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/1QzirulIgq&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/1QzirulIgq <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alexisevdox\/status\/1042174029061386245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:10 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Math Problem du Jour. Courtesy: Romanian Mathematical Magazine.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iiKnwv0sxc\"> pic.twitter.com\/iiKnwv0sxc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042170368990044161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:55 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I meant these principles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1038934453974790144 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1038934453974790144 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042162618281197569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:25 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb PS I am not a libertarian but a localist, i.e. libertarian for higher levels of central government. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042047309478014976 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042047309478014976 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042161951328092161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:22 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1rst stage when I read Hayek. 2nd stage when I read &#8220;Nudge&#8221; by @CassSunstein &amp; @R_thaler &amp; saw it was pseudoscience in industrial scale &amp; something had to be done about the class of people I later coined &#8220;IYIS&#8221; (Intellectuals Yet Idiots). 3rd stage w\/the Syrian war <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPNational\/status\/1042145030406844416 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPNational\/status\/1042145030406844416 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042157105036308480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:03 PM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@mistermircea Actually @nntaleb spells it out in Ch. 17 of Antifragile &#8220;The minute I was bored with a book or subject I moved to another one [&#8230;] The trick is to be bored with a specific book, rather than the act of reading. Avoidance of boredom is the only worthy mode of action.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mistermircea\/status\/1042124911509168128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:55 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@sustain05 <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ClYmMzeuX7\"> pic.twitter.com\/ClYmMzeuX7<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sustain05\/status\/1042064657006190592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:55 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The division in politics can be summarized as between + Embedded, complexity-minded, multiscale\/fractal localists (politics as an ecology\/complex adaptive system) + Abstract one-dimensional universalists &amp; monoculturalists (politics as a top-down engineering project) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042047309478014976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:46 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Note: When Arabo-Sunni-Islamists want to smear the LOCALISTS &amp; minorities who want bottom-up self-determination, s.a. Christians, Shiites &amp; oth minorities they use tags such as &#8220;right wing&#8221;, &#8220;sectarian&#8221;, &#8220;fascist&#8221;, etc. (Look at behavior of low-IQ fraud-propagandist @shadihamid) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042040666400980993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:20 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Friends, here is a program for denesting radicals using @WolframResearch&#8217;s Mathematica. It doesn&#8217;t work here but should in simpler cases. <a href=\"http:\/\/community.wolfram.com\/groups\/-\/m\/t\/980264 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/community.wolfram.com\/groups\/-\/m\/t\/980264 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042026213798289411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The first vol of the INCERTO, Fooled by Randomness, was written ~20 years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aleksndr_a\/status\/1041960260846665728 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/aleksndr_a\/status\/1041960260846665728 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1042004033970626561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:54 AM &#8211; 18 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@ejames_c Hilarious and good: the scent of bad psychology. <a href=\"https:\/\/putanumonit.com\/2018\/09\/07\/the-scent-of-bad-psychology\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/putanumonit.com\/2018\/09\/07\/the-scent-of-bad-psychology\/ <\/a>\u00a0 (My favourite bit is probably the one with Nicholas Nassem Taleb&#8217;s Grandma). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ejames_c\/status\/1041872557673021440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:12 PM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Again, I have NOTHING against chess players. Some have done great things (Nick Patterson, cc: @iosif_lazaridis), many traders, etc. But I have pbm allowing someone who is JUST a chess player to both fail elementary reasoning &amp; use chess for credibility. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurntOutCase\/status\/1041693505326866433 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurntOutCase\/status\/1041693505326866433 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041696068180815872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mr @Kasparov63 fails logical thinking\/meta at many levels. He derives his &#8220;expertise&#8221; &amp; fame not from intellectual contribution or risk wizardry, but from moving w\/ B&amp;W pieces. So we are entitled to wonder abt transferability of such knowledge to risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041528325037064192 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041528325037064192 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041682078281228288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@normonics If we abolish the electoral college We should also abolish the union 50 free states to manage their own business I say keep the electoral college, a beautiful piece of complex systems engineering enabling multiscale federalism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/1041665557412626432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:29 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nicky the robot from Nicosia. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spyrosmakrid\/status\/1041657820523978753 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/spyrosmakrid\/status\/1041657820523978753 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041659796540321792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:07 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Lunch in Northern Phoenicia<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/dqiExl3rpD\"> pic.twitter.com\/dqiExl3rpD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041645839444271104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:11 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@Jaffer22915438 @nntaleb Mr. Kasparov, unlike you Dr. Taleb is a man of integrity. Assad\u2019s father actually blew up his home in one war years ago. But Taleb has principles and knows that these jihadist mercenaries from all over are ruining the area. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Jaffer22915438\/status\/1041628509041569793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:02 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mr Gary Kasparov, @Kasparov63, I am currently in North Lebanon as I am writing these lines. Would you agree to come LIVE here if Assad is removed? Yes\/No please. I am really fed up with bullshitters who don&#8217;t pay a price to the consequences of their actions. #SkinintheGame <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041533709369991168 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041533709369991168 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041617913843789824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:20 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The only way you can be ethical &amp; famous is if you use your reach to expose frauds in society that are *not* (yet) considered frauds &amp; put your reputation at risk. #SkinintheGame <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/1041513555961438208 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/1041513555961438208 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041603366131048448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:22 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb As to numerical tricks<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xLWf4VzMyu\"> pic.twitter.com\/xLWf4VzMyu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041597207894470656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:58 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Bernanke mistook the risks accumulation that lead to the crisis for the &#8220;great moderation&#8221;, in other words got it backward. Anyone who takes him seriously has an mental problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMarsh79\/status\/1041384873989222400 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMarsh79\/status\/1041384873989222400 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041582913156984832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:01 AM &#8211; 17 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Chabris has @cfchabris a study showing the memory of chess players being local to the game. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041466558177062915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:19 PM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Any systematic study? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041460340100407296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:54 PM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Friends, what&#8217;s the real life performance of chess players? How do they fare in, say science and business? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041459660555874304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:51 PM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb muzzled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041408044675031040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:26 PM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb To answer the usual idiot bringing up Popper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1037273239347703808 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1037273239347703808 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041397701177487360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:45 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I thought chess players would think in more than one step. Before arguing whether &#8220;fascists&#8221; should be museled, How do you know if someone is &#8220;fascist&#8221; if you don&#8217;t let him express his opinions? &#8230;Or the best way to exercise fascism is to call people fascists to shut them up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041376634446782467 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/1041376634446782467 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041395894673985542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:38 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb OK, there is a theorem for the proof of convergence. Herschfelds Convergence Theorem <a href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/HerschfeldsConvergenceTheorem.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/HerschfeldsConvergenceTheorem.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041386035878473731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:59 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@doshijatin 2\/5 done ? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/doshijatin\/status\/1041384986631331840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:55 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041301771556212737 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041301771556212737 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041347357365989376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:25 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb SUNDAY MATH RIDDLE, courtesy Romanian Mathematical Magazine.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/x5ZGSxUMkD\"> pic.twitter.com\/x5ZGSxUMkD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1041288728839368709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:32 AM &#8211; 16 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb DISCUSSION The *phenomenology* of aging as at least partly from the asymmetry of 1) stuff you put into your body (risk of harm&gt; risk of improvement), 2) the nonlinearity of its dose-response (large vs hormetic small dose). (This is 2 \u00bd years of meth) #Antifragile<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/6d17dO3osw\"> pic.twitter.com\/6d17dO3osw<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040953866567790592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:21 AM &#8211; 15 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@Imamofpeace Some journalists lie even more than politicians.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/J2Q2R15ICy\"> pic.twitter.com\/J2Q2R15ICy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Imamofpeace\/status\/1040825383707303937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:51 PM &#8211; 14 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Why did the Crisis of 2008 Happen? My report *then*, to the Obama commission. All these talkers are still clueless about the reasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37409070\/Why_Did_The_Crisis_of_2008_Happen \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37409070\/Why_Did_The_Crisis_of_2008_Happen <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/SXP8t3iaMo&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/SXP8t3iaMo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040536711523184640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:44 AM &#8211; 14 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Pierre Zalloua visiting me in Northern Phoenicia for some araq and kebbe.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/tK0b0gB4Hn\"> pic.twitter.com\/tK0b0gB4Hn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040281620782166016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM &#8211; 13 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Wrong. The Levant coastal areas spoke Greek not Aramaic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simongerman600\/status\/1040190108782215170 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/simongerman600\/status\/1040190108782215170 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040203863813443589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:41 AM &#8211; 13 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Delenda MONSANTO. Thank you markets. Let the death spiral start. Bayer is down 30% over the past couple of months. There are &gt;8000 lawsuits coming. Never ever build your business messing with science &amp; smearing scientists. It all comes out. Monsanto shills are unprotected.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/U00l6c2d1j\"> pic.twitter.com\/U00l6c2d1j<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040038321936838657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:43 PM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3\/ Friends, it is thrilling to see a group of rigorous &amp; active Twitter pple correct a journalist on grounds of reason &amp; rationality. The same happened when the Clev Clinic deleted some unempirical medical claims <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1037518226278834177 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1037518226278834177 <\/a>\u00a0 Our crowd is swelling! Thanks @Twitter! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1040009694193086478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:50 PM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb KETO DISCUSSION Ketogenesis doesn&#8217;t require low-carb consumption. Just infrequent feeding, and not too infrequent at that. Just skip breakfast. (Discussion around Antifragility and Convexity in Medicine) <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1808.00065.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1808.00065.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 cc:@drjasonfung @MichaelSagnerMD @GuruAnaerobic<a href=\" &lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sClNDVOb3c&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/sClNDVOb3c <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039973136488427525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:24 PM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And the fool still doesn&#8217;t get that people insure the EFFECT not the CAUSE. Why is probability\/risk so hard for journalists? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/1039946929214566403 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/1039946929214566403 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039955333626703872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:14 PM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) The fact that ~\u00bd taxes are paid by the 1% shd make anyone with \u00bd brain realize that there is a great deal of redistribution. In fact economists are just rent-seeking parasites w\/no economic contribution and it is THEIR relatively high low-risk income that shd be redistributed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039909999244468224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:13 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb More evidence that economists don&#8217;t understand 1) humans, 2) redistribution &amp; its side effects, 3) lack of envy on the part of noneconomists 4) much of anything else <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaushikcbasu\/status\/1039326885136744449 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaushikcbasu\/status\/1039326885136744449 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039907742297804802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:05 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb More Popper on the IYIs, the nudgers, the Platonic &#8220;experts&#8221;. Even gun control&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/mt1XbtL9CZ\"> pic.twitter.com\/mt1XbtL9CZ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039855624253845505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:37 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) The biggest irony is that what Soros calls his &#8220;Open Society&#8221; activity is about as un-Popperian as it gets. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039842312061374464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:45 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Karl Popper, in his Open Society, describes to a &#8220;T&#8221; the crowd of unelected patronizing &#8220;experts&#8221; who want to run the lives of people and call those who oppose them &#8220;populists&#8221;. Beautiful Plato vs Socrates passage.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/gaTfAnSvZA\"> pic.twitter.com\/gaTfAnSvZA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039841540288462848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:41 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I wonder how much money people have wasted paying for news &amp; BS by journalists. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/1039823401790189569 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/1039823401790189569 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039828806264127489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:51 AM &#8211; 12 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You can even compute the time to COVFEFE, @QifaNabki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/937035937485348865 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/937035937485348865 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039687495376625664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:29 PM &#8211; 11 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Actually can be 31 characters and my answer is if you have only 30 and necessarily start with a letter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039685345560932352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:21 PM &#8211; 11 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Elias, @QifaNabki the literary name is trigintuple or triacontad (30-tuple) in a 140 sized multiset, which should be (if you don&#8217;t start with a space) quite sizeable.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/hhWmvaZ1cE\"> pic.twitter.com\/hhWmvaZ1cE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039684857532694528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:19 PM &#8211; 11 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Exercise in combinatorics. 1t step, use the English alphabet, 26 letters + space, ?,!,@,&amp;, for a total of 30. 140 characters. Treat lower and upper case as equivalent. Second step, Markov Chain. add a ( under the condition that it closes before a period and that it closes. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QifaNabki\/status\/1039674231380946944 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/QifaNabki\/status\/1039674231380946944 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039680827402203136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:03 PM &#8211; 11 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Principle 11: No public institution or agency should be created without an expiration date.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xlVD1RrYvD\"> pic.twitter.com\/xlVD1RrYvD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1039653145746595840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:13 PM &#8211; 11 Sep 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/1044691366888927233 Where a 100% left wing crowd agreed with my message: + Localism, bottom-up+ Statism is rent seeking by insiders, academics, &amp; cronies+ No enterprise without #Skininthegame+ No abstract scale-free universalism A different reaction than the one by the statist-militarist &quot;left&quot; https:\/\/t.co\/tbsXw27q0w &mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) September 24, 2018 @highnoontide This perfectly explains why [&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":[1647,1649,1472,1650,1396,1648,1403,1651,1599,1159,1014,1042,629],"class_list":["post-8874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-banksy","tag-berlin","tag-boulder","tag-crying-in-public","tag-identity-politics","tag-kashoggi","tag-kasparov","tag-ketogenesis","tag-localism","tag-minority-rule","tag-pinker","tag-popper","tag-reputation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8874","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=8874"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8883,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8874\/revisions\/8883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}