Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Talebis a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader, and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. His 2007 book The Black Swan was described in a review by the Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionScientist
CountryLebanon
banking outcomes negative
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.
technology differences slavery
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free
nice arrogant action
Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice, being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.
mistake light information
A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.
mistake errors benefits
It is often the mistakes of others that benefit the rest of us and, sadly, not them ... For the antifragile, harm from errors should be less than the benefits.
venture payoff humans
The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.
technology guy noise
The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
offending people nerd
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse
technology maximizing
All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
mistake suffering debt
Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
weight injury heavy
I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.
computer clicks disclosure
Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.
philosopher walking
To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.
swans long black
In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term.