E26: Nassim Taleb's Skin In The Game

This week we review Skin In The Game: Hidden Asym…

An episode of the Random Talkers podcast, hosted by Adam Walker, titled "E26: Nassim Taleb's Skin In The Game" was published on May 11, 2018 and runs 49 minutes.

May 11, 2018 ·49m · Random Talkers

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This week we review Skin In The Game: Hidden Asymmetries In Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Taleb may hate (professional) book reviewers, but we both really enjoyed this book: the man is never dull! Timestamps below: 0:08 - Taleb is angry on Twitter... 0:59 ...but calm and collected here Part 1: Intellectuals vs Risk-Takers 3:11 - The Intellectual Yet Idiot 6:43 - Taleb on education 11:22 - Why duels are good 12:44 - Trump’s appeal Part 2: The Power of Intransigent Minorities 15:06 - Why lemonade is kosher 17:40 - NIMBYs, regulation, and early adopters Part 3: Taleb Is A Conservative 20:21 - The precautionary principle 21:37 - Are GMOs dangerous? 26:18 - How religion helps us survive Part 4: Academics Need Skin In The Game 32:34 - Equality and hypocrisy 35:08 - Why Thomas Picketty is wrong 38:00 - Taleb hates economists 44:26 - Final thoughts Check out Random Talkers on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RandomTalkers Consider buying us a coffee (all donations go to better mics): www.buymeacoffee.com/randomtalkers

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This week we review Skin In The Game: Hidden Asymmetries In Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Taleb may hate (professional) book reviewers, but we both really enjoyed this book: the man is never dull! Timestamps below: 0:08 - Taleb is angry on Twitter... 0:59 ...but calm and collected here Part 1: Intellectuals vs Risk-Takers 3:11 - The Intellectual Yet Idiot 6:43 - Taleb on education 11:22 - Why duels are good 12:44 - Trump’s appeal Part 2: The Power of Intransigent Minorities 15:06 - Why lemonade is kosher 17:40 - NIMBYs, regulation, and early adopters Part 3: Taleb Is A Conservative 20:21 - The precautionary principle 21:37 - Are GMOs dangerous? 26:18 - How religion helps us survive Part 4: Academics Need Skin In The Game 32:34 - Equality and hypocrisy 35:08 - Why Thomas Picketty is wrong 38:00 - Taleb hates economists 44:26 - Final thoughts Check out Random Talkers on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RandomTalkers Consider buying us a coffee (all donations go to better mics): www.buymeacoffee.com/randomtalkers

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