Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of “Black Swan” offers tips for life and accept randomness: http://bit.ly/a2ni
Taleb’s top life tips
1 Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the small and the aesthetic.
2 Go to parties. You can’t even start to know [...]
Black Swan Rules for Living
Jan 30, ’09
7:53 AM
Book Review: The World Without Us
Jan 5, ’09
7:30 PM
One of the pleasures of holiday breaks is the opportunity to read an entire book in a short period of time. Many books I have read were consumed in fits and starts, at night or on the subway. Over the winter 2008-09 break I had the pleasure to read The World Without Us, which came [...]
This pretty much sums up my holiday break…
Jan 5, ’09
2:09 PM
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