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I have great respect for Taleb, but the value of his work is pretty much a linear function of closeness to the statistical math he used to get rich trading deri
by User23 7y ago
I have great respect for Taleb, but the value of his work is pretty much a linear function of closeness to the statistical math he used to get rich trading derivatives. He has extremely interesting things to say about uncertainty, randomness, fat tails, dynamic systems, and more. And he offers theorems to support his assertions.
At the other extreme, the limit case so far is when he starts tweeting about anthropology: it's utterly cringe-worthy.
- dwater 7y agoHe seems to have figured out that hot takes get him more visibility than measured discourse, and he's optimizing for that visibility. There's always value in his ideas, but the presentation seems to have veered toward clickbait.
- m_sahaf 7y agoAnd if you disagree with him, he'll reach for his ad homonym stash (mostly calling others "imbecile"), which is why I stopped following him in social media. Read his books, but stay away from everything else he produces.
- ixtli 7y agoBeing anti-fragile means that everyone who disagrees with you is fragile ;)
- ixtli 7y agoHeh. Should be noted that basically every top comment here says the same thing in different ways about Taleb.