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> He has extremely high self confidence Agreed, and I would add he's extremely combative with those of opposing view points. So much so, that he spends large
by jgalt212 7y ago
> He has extremely high self confidence
Agreed, and I would add he's extremely combative with those of opposing view points. So much so, that he spends large portions of his books (and social media posts) not expounding upon his theories and why they are right, but why his opposition is so stupid and wrong.
In any event, I do think many/most of the things Talib expounds upon are correct/have merit. The best way to read his is probably through via second hand accounts of his work.
- chubot 7y agoHe's following his own advice by describing his ideas "via negativa" :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile#Via_negativa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile#Via_negativa Lots of descriptions on the web: https://www.bing.com/search?q=taleb%20via%20negativa https://www.bing.com/search?q=taleb%20via%20negativa (google seems to have mutilated its URL, so using bing) In other words, positive knowledge and negative knowledge aren't symmetrical. It helps to say why people are wrong (although if you want to say he's rude and offputting about it, I won't disagree, although I've gotten past it) There are also a lot more ways to be wrong than to be right. So describing why people are wrong could take a lot of space in the book, and still be valuable.