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Taleb on Covid

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    Taleb on Covid

    Longish video but worth a watch if you are a fan of Taleb / Black Swan etc..

    He goes into a lot of issues related to face masks to portfolio risk management etc which have been discussed here in various threads.

    https://youtu.be/ePmSa-n7kBA

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    Now I get why his books are all very long, repetitive even


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tadashi:
    Now I get why his books are all very long, repetitive even
    Old Middle Eastern "uncle" who rambles on .. but somewhere in there, you'll find some really precious gems.

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    I recall in his books he regarded France and the US as good examples of anti-fragile systems. How would he reconcile his view then and now?


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    I can't stand that writer, he's contradicting himself all the times, has weird views on the western world (while still living there). Most of what he writes is a bore.