Actually, I have come to believe that Nassim Taleb is the ponzi scheme charlatan. Let's see 1. It's not clear what this guy achievements are; apart from stati

Actually, I have come to believe that Nassim Taleb is the ponzi scheme charlatan. Let's see 1. It's not clear what this guy achievements are; apart from stating the obvious using very good writing (black swan). 2. He doesn't have any real credentials or achievements. He brags about having traded lots of options and making a bunch of money. But he fails to deliver any proof of that. 3. He sells a mini-certificate (whatever that means) for $3.000 -> https://www.realworldrisk.com/details.html https://www.realworldrisk.com/details.html 4. He actually accepts Bitcoin for his program "Note that we accept bitcoins!" 5. Requirements for his mini-certificate are the same, practically, to buy Bitcoin > What are the requirements to enroll? Simply, some experience with risk and, being a typical reader of, say, Antifragile or similar books. 6. You should trust him with his program because the Feedback shows considerable name recognition. > The Mini-certificate is priced at about 40% less than an executive MBA, and requires a tenth of the time and financial commitment, so we believe that the payoff will be quite generous. Feedback shows there is considerable name recognition. tl;dr: Taleb is a snake-oil sales man. His good writing style made you fell for it.