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I’d throw in sheafs of Nassim Taleb and Yuval Harari output to get the fire roaring.
by robga 4y ago
I’d throw in sheafs of Nassim Taleb and Yuval Harari output to get the fire roaring.
- tom-thistime 4y agoTaleb has a couple of important points to make.
- robga 4y agoIt’s the way he makes them.
- abawany 4y agoHe wrote the foreword to Dr. Thorpe's book and it was just a rant against 'academia'. Reading the book, A Man for all Markets, showed that academia was, imo, a foundation for his success and the basis of his successful investment ventures, with some notable reasons that caused him to exit his tenured position. The foreword was imo pretty much a non-sequitur and did not improve an otherwise excellent read.
- fullshark 4y agoSapiens made me madder than anything Gladwell wrote. Taleb's book I read was basically one correct idea hammered into your brain for 300 pages. His other books seem to be similar just based on their titles.