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For me as a French reader, Taleb's writing style feels familiar, just like French sentences translated in English: long and constructed sentences with articulat
by gbog 10y ago
For me as a French reader, Taleb's writing style feels familiar, just like French sentences translated in English: long and constructed sentences with articulations, and some soft punch inside.
Maybe it is not the proper style for English native speakers, but it feels a clear and well organised writing style to me. On a higher level, Taleb's thought may have weaknesses, some contradictions, some unmomtivated leitmotives. But still interesting and thought provoquing.
- tomhoward 10y agoInteresting. Taleb was educated at the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais, a French school in Beirut, Lebanon [1], then at the University of Paris [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Early_life_and_family_background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Early_li... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Educatio...