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Tag Archives: Nassim Taleb
Quotes Du Jour: On the Intellectual Yet Idiot
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Over here, commenter Gary Jones shared some wisdom for ages: Having a high IQ doesn’t prevent you from being stupid. In fact, it lets you be stupid in ever more complex ways. Amplifying on that, Nassim Taleb writes … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics
Tagged Nassim Taleb, public intellectuals
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The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell
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Quote Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The *establishment* composed of journos, BS-Vending talking heads with well-formulated verbs, bureaucrato-cronies, lobbyists-in training, New Yorker-reading semi-intellectuals, image-conscious empty suits, Washington rent-seekers and other “well thinking” members of the vocal elites are not getting the point about what … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Nassim Taleb, The Cathedral
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Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: Razib’s blogging is now to be found here. “Rescuing the female body from commercialization and commodification is one of the great tasks that lies before our civilization,” writes Lloyd Fonvielle. Read our interview with Lloyd here. Is … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged fitness, health, Jim Kalb, Lloyd Fonvielle, Nassim Taleb, politics, Steve Sailer, Wilhelm Ropke
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Linkage
Blowhard, Esq. writes: How Japan keeps Muslims at arm’s length. A short interview with Nassim Taleb. (H/T Paleo Retiree) The Cathedral begins the smearing of Ed Snowden. 25 Things to Know About Sexism & Misogyny in Publishing. The incoherence is … Continue reading
Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: A rave review from the Huffington Post for Polly Frost’s one-woman show “Bad Role Models.” Demographic note du jour. Steve Sailer wonders if Mexicans are like or unlike previous generations of immigrants. Some appreciation for the alternative-monetary-system … Continue reading
Thoughts on Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Antifragile”
Atypical Neutoric writes: This will not be a book review in the classic sense, i.e. I will not pick nits or ride a hobby horse. Nor will I deliberately misunderstand the author’s position, all the easier to replace it with … Continue reading
Linkathon
Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer wants to know: If blacks and Hispanics aren’t getting into elite NYC high schools much, but Asians are getting in at a phenomenal rate, does it really make sense to call the admissions process (and the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Music, Politics and Economics
Tagged Nassim Taleb, Steve Sailer, Thaddeus Russell
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More on Symbolism
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Last night I opened my copy of Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness and was greeted with this passage: At the cost of appearing biased, I have to say that the literary mind can be intentionally prone to the … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged literary criticism, narrative fallacy, Nassim Taleb, randomness, symbolism
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The Brits Really Know How to Design a Book Cover
Blowhard, Esq. writes: My copy of Nassim Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness arrived today to match my copy of The Black Swan. I specifically tracked down the UK editions b/c the covers are so wonderful. Bold, colorful, hazy, eye-catching. They have a visually consistent … Continue reading