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Is there a good place to read up more on the "fractal" distribution idea? I assume at least some work has been done in the last 10 years.
by SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
Is there a good place to read up more on the "fractal" distribution idea?
I assume at least some work has been done in the last 10 years.
- PhantomGremlin 9y agoThey're not just about "fractal" distributions, but a few of Taleb's[1] books are more-or-less expansions of this article. Two which had wide acclaim for more-or-less predicting the financial crisis of 2008-2009 were Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan. But I happen to like his later Antifragile the best.[2] My biggest criticism of Taleb's books is that, while he tells us what can happen and why, he only has generalities on how to prepare and respond. I'd prefer more specifics. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile
- golemotron 9y agoIt was only on rereading Antifragile that I realized that Scott Adams' book 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big' is practical Taleb. I don't think he's ever acknowledged the influence on the book directly, but he has said that he considers Taleb one of the smartest people he knows of.