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It's a little bit bizarre that Taleb continues to be lionized by anyone, let alone the HN crowd, given how terrible a public intellectual he is.
by cholantesh 9y ago
It's a little bit bizarre that Taleb continues to be lionized by anyone, let alone the HN crowd, given how terrible a public intellectual he is.
- dbs 9y agoDefine "terrible public intellectual".
- cholantesh 9y agoOne who is more liable to throw a tantrum and call you a shill than engage in meaningful debate with his critics.
- webwanderings 9y agoIt is lot more bizzare. I don't understand why he shows up on HN (for me at least) in glowing terms, when he's never sold anything substantive in terms of arguments. What's the appeal? Is he a Ann Raynd type or something? Whatever I have read from him through HN's possibly young crowd, lacks much substance.