All of the above are examples given to us by The Black Swan author during a recent night out in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
That came about due to some interactions we had over Twitter, which Taleb is using to publish<\/a> a hundreds of aphorisms that many find to be brilliant, obnoxious, arrogant, and addicting<\/a>.<\/p>\n More than anything else, Taleb is obsessed with robustness<\/em>, a topic he returned to several times during our night out.<\/p>\n It’s something he first started hitting on in The Black Swan, and as the Spitzer, Roubini, and SocGen examples demonstrate, it’s a very broad concept.<\/p>\n Norman Mailer, says Taleb, was robust, because “he had six mistresses” and nobody cared. The chairman of a large bank worth $100 million is not robust, because a blackmailer who has knowledge of some infidelities could extort him for $75 million.<\/p>\n Our conversation, over 3 plates of oysters, two servings of shrimp, and a few drinks* ranged from fitness (we both share an interest in evolutionary fitness and the teachings of fitness guru\/economist Art De Vany), finance, global warming, and who is a danger to society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All of the above are examples given to us by The Black Swan author during a recent night out in Manhattan.
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