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Nassim Taleb's opinion of others shouldn't hold much sway - the man is a prick.

• inglor_cz 3y ago
  Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself. A very smart man, but also very self-absorbed.
  • vik0 3y ago
    >Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself That's not true though. I can name at least two other people on whom he has a high opinion (a.k.a he's praised them in his books): Karl Popper and George Soros. There are others as well, but most people here will recognize these people (I assume) so that's why I mentioned them, and admittedly they were the first to pop into my head lol It's true that he's an asshole on X and in his books, while in real life he seems very nice and non-confrontational. He's talked about this in an interview he did with the Guardian I think a few years ago (maybe a decade ago), and if my memory serves me right, he said something to the tune of it being easier to get lost when you're not speaking directly to someone's face and become more rude than usual
• zengid 3y ago
  I thought he was so witty and refreshing when I read AntiFragile (which I will always regard as a masterpiece), but I feel like he's ran out of ideas now and is just complaining about people he doesn't like.
• COGlory 3y ago
  He has an incredible ego, but also seems very self aware.