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How To Read Nassim Taleb? — Unearned Wisdom

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb started his career as a trader before making the move to academia. His favorite hobby is blasting pseudo-intellectuals, psychologists, expert forecasters, and any kind of person he considers an intellectual phony, which is most intellectuals. He prefers taxi drivers, craftsman, entrepreneurs. The former have a voice but contribute nothing of substance, the latter do the opposite. Taleb would have you believe that he can sniff bullshit from a mile away, because unlike most people, he thinks in terms of numbers, constructs, and equations – not words. Of those who think in words, Taleb has a special word for them, ‘morons.’ You see, words are tools designed for charlatans and tricksters. Language is indefinite, and ambiguous. The meaning of a word differs from person to person, and it is possible to say a lot without saying much at all. It is even possible to say nothing at all and entrance an audience with profound sounding mumbo jumbo. But you can’t mess around wit

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