well, I recommend you ask https://twitter.com/nntaleb https://twitter.com/nntaleb about it directly then. he is not a hermit withdrawn from the world, but he do

well, I recommend you ask https://twitter.com/nntaleb https://twitter.com/nntaleb about it directly then. he is not a hermit withdrawn from the world, but he doesn't work in academia, or for a private corporation, or for a government agency. he does research (in mathematics mostly, as well as finance, risk modeling, and interestingly enough ancient Levantine languages) and participates in those communities even though he is not employed by an institution.