Nassim Taleb's Concepts of Mediocristan and Extremistan, Uncle Points & Optionality. i.e the Incerto Book Collection. My biggest regret in life so far is that

Nassim Taleb's Concepts of Mediocristan and Extremistan, Uncle Points & Optionality. i.e the Incerto Book Collection. My biggest regret in life so far is that I did not start studying his work earlier. (I first got into his work when I was 18 and seriously at 25.) His books & ideas have changed my entire world view. If I had read him earlier I would exactly know. a) What activities I should spend my time on and those I should spend less time on. b) How I should have structured my career & a curation of what skills I should have accumulated. c) What I should have done with the first serious amount of money I made. d) What risks I should have taken and those I should not have taken. The entire body of work gave me an insight into the disorganised thinking I was prone to. It exposed me to things (I did) that I didn't even know we're mistakes. The books also offered me actual solutions to dilemmas I was constantly encountering in life. If I read the body of work seriously earlier say in my mid teens. I would genuinely be so far in life satisfaction. I genuinely think that people that read & understand the Incerto genuinely have an edge in life. If I had kids, I would prepare them to start studying it 13. Alot of people confuse it for a finance book. But it's really a philosophy book about, business, ethics, productivity, history, & above all decision making that is focused on error avoidance not emergency room surgery. [0]: https://people.wou.edu/~shawd/mediocristan--extremistan.html https://people.wou.edu/~shawd/mediocristan--extremistan.html