Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author, essayist, mathematical statistician, and risk analyst
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, and risk analyst. He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, which includes Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile.
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“I stand by listening to audiobooks as I walk or run. Feed your mind as you tone your body. Listening to “Adapt” by @TimHarford and seeing again that he is one of the best writers to ever exist. His books will last forever.”
“@samiur1204 I enjoyed this book. Such a fun premise!”
“I love Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine author. His short story collection Ficciones, or Labyrinths, is amazing. Borges is probably still the most powerful author I have read who wasn’t just outright writing philosophy. There was philosophy in there with the scifi.”
“2/2 Great book; Ramanujan is a "mathematical tinkerer" vs Hardy who worked from rulebook. Invites tinkering on Mathematica @stephen_wolfram”
“Excited to find in my mailbox the book by @ErwanLeCorre from whom I've learned so much about natural fitness/#antifragility.”
“@mikeindustries Read this excellent opposing view (of pinker generally and his previous book specifically) by John Gray (english philosopher, author of the fantastic "straw dogs, thoughts on humans and other animals")”
“@m_farda Read the papers and the book. The sand pile is a metaphor. Self organized criticality applies in biology. Look at the book title:”
“I met Mandelbrot only once at this lecture at before he passed away in 2010. He wrote the book "The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence." I suggest you read this book for yourself (even though it is not an easy book to read).”
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